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Because of the recent successive murders in the capital, coupled with the stricter night patrols of several major yamen than before, after nightfall, the city of Beijing, which was quite lively during the day, quickly quieted down. Only the howling cold wind was still blowing vigorously, and there were bursts of panicked whining sounds through the streets and alleys.

The north wind fluttered and landed on Zhao Jie, who was hiding in an inconspicuous alley, making him shiver violently, and quickly reached out and threw aside the damp withered yellow leaves: "Look at this weather, maybe it's going to snow." ”

It had been several hours since they had been ordered to come here and hide before evening, but there had been no movement in the area they had been ordered to keep an eye on. Not to mention that there are thieves who are doing blood sacrifices here anymore, there is not even half a figure except for the soldiers patrolling the streets.

But even after waiting for a long time, seeing that it was almost past the fourth watch, and the sky was about to dawn, Zhao Jie and the others did not have the slightest intention of relaxing. The thieves had succeeded before the Jinyi Guards one after another, which made them all hold back a fire in their hearts, and this time they finally had the opportunity to catch the thieves, of course they would not let it go.

So even if there were snowflakes falling from the sky later, these brocade guards hiding in the alley only tightened their collars slightly, and continued to stare at the streets and houses in front of them.

Although they had found the law of the thief's blood sacrifice and circled the direction of the Big Dipper, because the map was not too accurate, they could not determine which mansion was where the other party really started. Fortunately, except for a few shops that are unmanned at night, there are only three or four houses left, so these brocade guards can still take care of themselves while staring at them.

At this time, a subordinate came to Zhao Jie and whispered in a slightly trembling voice after being cold: "Baihu, it's not a way for us to wait like this." If those thieves had been hiding in a courtyard somewhere in the morning, and we had killed someone at this time, we would not have known at all......"

This sentence made Zhao Jie frown: "What you said also has some truth, but there is a way to crack it?" ”

"The little one thinks it's better to take the initiative and let the brothers come over to have a look."

"Okay, you can call a few brothers to be careful, and if anything is wrong, send the news back quickly." Zhao Jie was also a little impatient, and immediately arranged it in a good way.

The man nodded hurriedly, nodded a few lieutenants, and then bent his waist and headed towards the courtyards. When they arrived, they quickly dispersed again, and each of them picked a house, and gently climbed the wall to go inside.

Zhao Jie squinted his eyes and watched them disappear into these mansions, but his heart became more and more uneasy. If the thief notices his arrangement, will he stop for a while? No, it can't be, listen to the Dudu's meaning, this Laoshizi's dragon slashing array must be launched within seven days, otherwise it will fall short. And tomorrow is their last chance...... So at this point, something must be happening here!

Soon after, however, the people who had been sent over returned one after another, and with an answer that disappointed him—the courtyards, both the shops and the houses, were very quiet, and there was nothing unusual about them, and no one was killing in them.

Then he can only continue to calm down and wait, he still doesn't believe that the other party will not take the bait.

But as a result, until dawn, there was no abnormality. Could it be that the other party wants to make both blood sacrifices on the last day?

There was no gain overnight, and Zhao Jie had to ask people to send the news back to the Zhenfu Division to see what countermeasures Lu Dudu could have.

Around midnight, Yao Gan brought someone over. When Zhao Jie saw it, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Yao Baihu is here on the order of the governor?" Actually, you don't have to come for us, staying up for a night or two is not a big deal for our brothers. ”

Yao Gan smiled: "I did come on the orders of the governor, but I didn't come to do it for you, but to help you find out the key to the matter." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Zhao Jie was a little puzzled and said, "Does the Governor already know when and where they will perform blood sacrifices again?" ”

"Last night you reported the situation of all the houses in this area, including shops, rich houses, and one that has been deserted. Am I right? Yao Gan was not in a hurry to answer, but asked rhetorically.

Zhao Jie immediately nodded: "That's right." In particular, the deserted courtyard was the easiest for them to use, so I kept an eye on it, but there was no movement at all night. ”

"The governor also said just now, it is indeed impossible to make any more changes last night."

"Huh? Was it because they found out about our arrangement and gave up? ”

"No, on the contrary, they have already succeeded in the blood sacrifice!" Yao Gan said with a straight face.

"Is this possible?" Zhao Jie subconsciously objected: "Our brothers have been staring at this place since yesterday afternoon, even if a fly flies into the abandoned garden, we have to find it, not to mention the thieves killing people in it." ”

"Yes, if they really killed people last night, of course it would be impossible to hide from Zhao Baihu's eyes. But if it's ...... Didn't they come at the blood sacrifice last night? Yao Gan looked at the other party and suddenly asked such a question.

This suddenly made Zhao Jie a little confused: "You said that the thief had already succeeded in the blood sacrifice, and said that it was not last night, so when else could the blood sacrifice be successful?" Later today? ”

"Not tonight, but earlier." Yao Gan finally uncovered the mystery: "Who stipulated that the blood sacrifice on this Kaiyang position must be arranged in the penultimate one, can't they be one step ahead and kill people here before we can see through the truth?" ”

"This ......" Zhao Jie was stunned, and the captains on the side were also stunned. They really never thought about this, the previous series of cases had all happened according to the order of the five elements, as well as the five stars of Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan and Yuheng, so in their consciousness, they had long determined that the blood sacrifice on the Kaiyang position naturally occurred in the sixth place.

"If you don't believe me, you can go and search the ruined garden now, and maybe you'll find something." Yao Gan reminded again. This made the surprised Zhao Jie quickly come back to his senses: "Quick, call someone to search carefully in the abandoned garden, don't miss every inch of land!" ”

Suddenly, the people who were walking on the streets in this area saw a shocking scene - they saw dozens of agile men suddenly jumping out of the corners of the streets and alleys, and then ran directly to the dilapidated houses that had been uninhabited for a long time and had been abandoned for many years. Without the slightest hesitation, they slammed open the courtyard door and rushed inside.

However, Zhao Jie and the others couldn't care about the surprised eyes around them, so they immediately picked up their weapons and searched around in the courtyard of the three entrances. Even Zhao Jie, a hundred households, was not idle, bending down like other subordinates to find some flaws.

After a while, a lieutenant suddenly let out an exclamation: "My lord, there is something wrong here...... As he spoke, the knife in his hand suddenly dug up some new mounds of earth in front of him.

Seeing this, the others also hurriedly ran over and helped him dig up the mound with all their might. In a few moments, a hole several feet deep was dug out, revealing a corpse with twitching limbs and a hideous face buried underneath.

"Fruit...... Sure enough......" Everyone muttered, their faces surprised.

It turned out that those thieves had already done the blood sacrifice ceremony that should be carried out, but it was ridiculous that they were still guarding outside, thinking of taking the opportunity to capture the thieves in one fell swoop. It was only then that Zhao Jie knew that the enemy he was going to face was not only fierce, but also meticulous and cunning, it turned out that he had already laid out such a game a few days ago!

A sense of powerlessness instantly surged into his heart, since the beginning of this serial murder case, he has been toyed with by the murderer between applause, so can he still catch him?

"My lord, what should I do next?" After a subordinate sounded with a panicked and dazed voice beside him, Zhao Jie suddenly came back to his senses: "What should I do?" After following this question, his body suddenly shook: "If they had already arranged everything, would the seventh blood sacrifice have already been completed...... Quick, let's go back to the Pacification Division! He didn't know if Lu Zhen had thought of this layer and made a strategy to deal with it, at least he had to go back quickly and report this point.

However, when he hurried back to the Zhenfu Division, he got the news that Lu Zhen had already left last night. It was only then that he remembered that today was still a more important day - the Son of Heaven was going to visit Tanzhe Temple today to make incense, and Lu Dudu, who was a close minister, naturally rushed to the palace early in the morning to accompany him.

Not only did Lu Zhen go to the palace to wait for him, but more than half of the people in the Zhenfu Division also went. At this time, there were only a few people left in the Yamen of the Zhenfu Division, including him and Yao Gan, and there were only more than 30 people stationed at the school captain.

"Yao Baihu...... Do we want to let the brothers search nearby, if those thieves have already used the same means, I'm afraid this dragon slashing array will really be launched by them! After a moment of silence, Zhao Jie raised a concern.

Yao Gan only groaned slightly, then nodded: "It's okay, just do what you want." In this way, you have worked hard, so take a few brothers to stay here, and I will take people to search around. ”

"In this way, there will be 100 households in Laoyao." Zhao Jie didn't insist, and hurriedly bowed his hand.

Just after Yao Gan left with half of his brothers, Zhao Jie was just about to sit down and take a breath, when a subordinate ran over with a nervous expression: "Zhao Baihu, something suddenly went wrong with those merchants, and they all fainted......

"What?" Zhao Jie bounced up from his seat when he heard this: "Quick, take me over!" ”