After the warm pavilion banquet, Zhao Ren, Zhao Yong and others returned to their respective places, leaving only Zhao Zhong to replace Zhao Xin to command the garrisons of Luoyang, after all, the harem is still quite criticized for participating in politics. And with their departure, the five-day search in Luoyang City also ended, and Luoyang Mansion announced that the emperor was safe and that the assassins had been captured. Zhao Ta also cooperated, accompanied by Li Gang and Chen Yu, to climb the imperial city tower and show his face to send the reinforcements back to Beijing to show that he was safe and sound in the assassination, and Luoyang City, which had been tormented by the lockdown for several days, quickly returned to calm.

After a series of measures to stabilize people's hearts, the DPRK and the local government seem to have returned to normal, but those who are interested can still see the changes: people who enter and leave the imperial city obviously feel that the inventory is more rigorous than in the past; Although all the checkpoints and checkpoints on the streets have been abolished, and the forbidden troops have returned to the camps, the state troops stationed in the city in the past have increased the density and frequency of patrols, and the number of patrols throughout the city has also increased; The officials and catchers of Luoyang Mansion also appeared more in the markets and alleys where merchants from the Western Regions gathered, and strengthened inventory and supervision.

The intensification of local patrols in Luoyang City is something that people can see, and the Lifu and the hawkers who are begging for a living on the streets suddenly find themselves with a lot of 'competitors'. These new faces don't care too much about the quality of business, but like a group of long-tongued women who are very interested in the novelties of the streets and alleys, like to listen to people's jokes, and like to get to the bottom of things, and even because of the root of the window, sneaking into the corner of the wall to spy on the beaten nose and swollen face.

There will always be dark corners in a city where the sun does not shine, and there are a group of shady guys gathered there, who are often engaged in illegal 'business' such as sliding doors and picking locks, forcing good people to become prostitutes, abducting and selling people, beating up meat tickets, opening courts, setting up gambling, forcibly buying and selling, extortion, and so on. Playing a game of cat and mouse with the government. Of course, there are also knights who eliminate violence and peace, artists who are home from all over the world, darts who know both black and white, and lone thieves. It's a mixture. They constitute another deformed world outside the rule of the government, with their own rules and ways. This is the rivers and lakes.

A place like Luoyang City, where business is thriving, the population is large, and the water and land transportation is convenient, and these people walking on the edge are naturally indispensable, and of course, there are such rivers and lakes. Their 'business' is not visible, but the news is the most well-informed, the wind and grass in the corners of the city cannot escape their ears and eyes, and they can successfully avoid any actions taken by the government in the past. However, this time the city gate was suddenly closed, and a large number of elite soldiers drove into the city and launched a large-scale search for the city. The people who have always been well-informed were caught off guard and were arrested in this search.

But to the surprise of these Jianghu people, it was not the officials of Luoyang Mansion who were responsible for interrogating them in the past, but the legendary and terrifying Imperial City Division Intelligence Bureau, these people have the emperor's imperial gold medal, and the officials below the third grade can be reported first and then arrested, and the officials below the fifth grade can directly break down the door and arrest people, and the means are much more ruthless and professional than those officials, and killing them is similar to stepping on an ant. How many thieves who boast of their strong martial arts and hard-bones have been planted in their hands, so no one in the rivers and lakes dares to go against the people of the Intelligence Agency. Of course, it's best if you don't meet.

Both sides are old Chinese medicine doctors, so there is no need to say anything, and the leaders of all parties have confessed what they know and have done like pouring beans on a bamboo tube. However, they found that the people of the Intelligence Agency were not interested in their crimes at all, but were very interested in the recent rumors and the whereabouts of some Jianghu people in the Great Song Dynasty, especially those merchants from the Western Regions who had done business with. Ask very carefully who you have been in contact with privately, where they have been, and what they have done. The second is the actions of the nobles who live in the city, and the focus is on the mansion that has business dealings with the Western Regions.

What made the people of Luoyang's dark world even more strange was that most of them actually walked out of the lobby of the intelligence department known as the Hades Palace alive. Only a few of the people who made the big case were transferred to the government office, and the rest were released. But they were all warned not to tell anyone else they were questioning. And when they go out, they have to keep an eye on the merchants from the Western Regions, and report them no matter how big or small. Those who do well are rewarded, and those who do not report or lie are not so easy to speak, and it is not impossible to destroy the family and destroy the family by calculating the old accounts and the new accounts together.

In fact, the personnel of the Intelligence Agency are still too worried, and the cooperation between the Jianghu people and the government as minions is the most despised by their colleagues, and everyone is naturally stiff-mouthed when they get out of the prison of the Intelligence Agency, and they all insist that they have survived the eighteen punishments without confessing, let alone betraying their fellow brothers. Soon after they were released from prison, they learned that the emperor had been assassinated in the Eastern Capital Garden, and that the assassins were all from the Western Regions, so they provoked the wrath of the thunder and caused unwarranted disasters. But they also know what a big deal the emperor's assassination is, and if they dare not cooperate, it is definitely not a matter of death without a place to be buried, where do they dare to slack off......

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"Your Majesty, the whole city has searched and captured twelve assassins, three of whom died in the capture, and four committed suicide, but the subordinates have basically found out the origin of the assassins, and it is certain that they are from the country of Murayi!" After Li Jun received the emperor's secret order, he quickly mobilized all the forces of the intelligence department to start looking for clues, collecting information, and personally led the action team to Luoyang City to meet the forces of the branch office to solve the case with all their might.

"Well, it's hard work, give me a seat to watch tea!" Zhao Ta looked at Li Jun, he was also old, and after he arrived in Luoyang, he personally participated in the search and interrogation, five days and five nights continued, he did not strip and sleep, his face seemed to have been cut off by a knife, the bags under his eyes drooped, his beard was unshaven, and his fatigue was fully revealed.

"Now that we know where they came from, we know who instructed them, and the people of the land can be involved!" Zhao Ta then asked.

"Your Majesty, my subordinates have sent instructions to the spies sent to the Western Regions to quickly find out the situation in the country of Murayi, and there has been no return yet, so it is difficult to verify the mastermind for a while. After investigation and interrogation, according to the known information, no one from the domestic forces was involved, and they were only contacted by street ruffians and idlers who betrayed the news, and it was they who provided the Assassins with the situation in the Eastern Capital Garden and the location of His Majesty! Li Jun drank a cup of hot tea, his spirits lifted slightly, and he reported truthfully.

"The situation in the Eastern Capital Garden and my whereabouts can be said to be an open secret, and they are also for money, which is not strange, it cannot be called any collusion." Zhao Ta nodded and said, "Since they didn't collude with the forces in the country, it was the best, but they couldn't send people to kill me for no reason, could it be that the enemy country sent them?" ”

"It's not impossible for Your Majesty to worry, my Great Song Dynasty has won many victories in the Western Regions in recent years, some people are unwilling to fail and buy assassins to assassinate Your Majesty, or other enemy countries are afraid of Your Majesty Long Wei to instruct assassins to infiltrate is also possible!" Li Jun analyzed.

"Have all the Assassins in the city been cleared?" Zhao Ta was a little helpless, he made a lot of enemies, if he counted with his fingers, I am afraid that even his toes would have to be counted.

"Your Majesty, my subordinates don't dare to guarantee that none of the assassins will slip through the net, and if they fail, they will not give up, and it is possible to send the assassins again, so we can only take strict precautions for the time being and try our best to monitor their movements!" Li Jun was also very helpless, these assassins were Guo Jianglong, and they basically didn't know anything about their situation before this assassination, and the mastermind couldn't be sure, so how could it be possible for him to guarantee that the elimination was completed.

"Yes, these Assassins were in danger when they encountered me, and they were well-trained, and they could not be cleaned up by a large manhunt, they were delusional!" Zhao Ta said.

"Your Majesty, this is exactly what my subordinates want to tell you!" Li Jun stood up and saluted, "Through the interrogation of prisoners and the investigation of merchants from the Western Regions, my subordinates have learned some information, although it is only a few superficial things, but it is enough to arouse the vigilance of Your Majesty, and you must not act alone again, so as not to cause danger." ”

"Sit down and say, what is so good about them! Zhao Ta asked Li Jun to sit down, his understanding of Mu Rayi came from the records of historical books and the research of later generations, which inevitably had some exaggerations or inaccuracies, but now he got first-hand information, which is conducive to making correct judgments.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Jun sat down again and said, "Mu Rayi means false Taoism, or heresy, lost, is the name given to the followers of this sect by the orthodox sect of Islam, they have been founded for nearly sixty years, they live in the mountains near the sea in the Western Regions, and threaten the surrounding countries with assassinations, among which the supreme leader is called 'Sheikh', who is also their patriarch, and it is divided into three classes: the lowest level becomes the 'devotees', that is, those assassins who are responsible for specific actions; 'Comrades', i.e., ordinary clergy, who were responsible for general administration and training of devotees, and 'missionaries', the heads of the local city-states, who assisted the Sheikh in administering the place! ”

"Well, move on!" Zhao Ta nodded and said, these contents are basically the same as what he knows, but the names are slightly different.

"These Assassins have been loyal to the leader known as the 'Elder of the Mountain' since childhood, and the specific training methods are not known, but it can be seen from the captured Assassins that they are proficient in disguise and the languages and court etiquette of various countries.

"Through the seized weapons, we found that among them were the Arab dagger, the Arab scimitar, the Haradi double-edged knife, the Khan Zar dagger, the Chris serpentine sword, the Sambia short knife, the bow and arrow, and poison, etc., but the Assassins preferred the dagger to the clever weapons such as bows and poisons, because it was light, concealed, and absolutely deadly, so these assassins were masters of using daggers." Li Jun Li Jun paused for a sip of tea and looked at the emperor and said, these assassins' hobbies are actually similar to Your Majesty...... (To be continued......)