Chapter 223: Where, Where, Something
When Xu Zun returned to the scene of the crime, he also saw the mark that Ani said.
It was someone who simply carved two lines with a knife, and added a dot in the middle.
The mark is on the outside of the pillar, and if you don't pay attention to it, you just think that someone accidentally hit it with a sharp object.
But as Ani said, the mark was indeed new.
However, as a result, Xu Zun had new suspicions.
If this mark is really left by the people of Xuanmen, then does it mean that these Xuanmen rebels do not know each other, so they need this mark to convey information?
So...... What message does it send?
Also, why is the mark engraved at the scene of the crime? Was it engraved before the crime, or after the crime?
Xu Zun squatted on the side of the mark to take a closer look, but he couldn't figure it out......
Soon, the painter painted a portrait of shame, and after seeing it, Ani nodded slightly, and said to Xu Zun: "It feels very much like an old man who was still in the Yuanzhou period, when we were trained together, but there was not much contact. β
As she spoke, Anibi gestured at the dagger in her hand, signaling that they had learned the same skills, and that they were all used to holding the dagger with their backhands.
Assassination, marking, renovation of the Taimiao, water order......
Xu Zun frowned, feeling that this case was mixed with too much seemingly useless information, and he had to find key clues from this useless information......
Subsequently, Xu Zun and everyone checked the body of Ying Shilang, and then they took the carriage together to the next stop, the house of Shui Ling Cheng Cao Ding.
Cao Ding's family and Yingrang's family can almost be called neighbors, and it doesn't take long even to walk.
It's just that a curfew is being implemented on the street, three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, and there are always soldiers who stop them to check, so the internal guard token in Hou Zhen's hand has hardly been put down.
"Huh...... Indeed, "In the carriage, Tie Jing suddenly came to his senses and talked eloquently, "I have also heard what Lord Chen said, and now the families of the senior officials of the DPRK and China who know about the assassination incident are all in a mess, and everyone is busy checking the concubine!"
"I heard that Master Taifu locked all his new concubines in the house for interrogation, and he was about to be tortured!
"Li Ge Lao is even more outrageous, even his daughter-in-law and grandson-in-law are tied up, as long as they are young and beautiful, they will not let go of any of them.
"Oh, fortunately, the old man is not good at this, hahaha......"
Hearing this, Dongfang Enchanted pinched her waist in embarrassment, in her opinion, Tie Jing, the Dali Temple, could not reach the level of being assassinated at all.
"Tie Lao really likes to joke," Chen Taiji said, "Actually, even if there are no concubines, these Xuanmen rebels will not let them go." Xuanmen has been planning this battle for a long time, it's not that you can't avoid this catastrophe if you don't covet beauty! β
Chen Taiji was right, and everyone nodded again and again.
"Lord Xu," Chen Taiji was inconvenient to get too close to Xu Zun in front of everyone, so he called Lord Xu and said, "In these seventeen assassination cases, five assassins died on the spot, and two of them committed suicide on the spot when they saw that there was no way to escape.
"Or else...... Let's go see the Assassin's corpse first? β
"Yes," Tie Jing couldn't help but say, "If you continue to investigate like this, when will you have to find out?" Envoy Xu, otherwise...... Let's split up? β
"Tie Lao, I'm sorry," Xu Zun said apologetically to Tie Jing, "You're so old, you still have to follow us."
"Otherwise, I'll send someone to send you back to the Inner Guard Mansion to rest, and then I'll consult you when I find out what eyebrows?"
"No, no......" Tie Jing hurriedly waved his hand, "The case is serious, and I am a Dali Templeman, so I should do it myself and understand the case." The old man just wants to optimize it, so there's no need for everyone to investigate together! β
"Dongfang God Catch," however, Xu Zun didn't ignore his proposal, but asked Dongfang Enchanting, "These Xuanmen rebels have been dormant for so long and committed such a shocking case, are we really not aware of it at all?"
"Before...... Did anyone catch the Xuanmen? β
"Heh......" Dongfang Enchanted smiled faintly, "I have to ask you the Inner Guard Mansion about this!" Over the years, all the Xuanmen rebels we caught were taken away by the internal guards. β
How can it be......
Xu Zun thought to himself, it seems that the guards have caught Xuanmen against the party in these years, so why didn't he have the slightest awareness of this assassination?
Either...... It's the assassins who carry out the assassination operation that hide too deeply; Either...... Even the inner guard is not clean......
"Yes, yes," at this time, Tie Jing echoed, "Over the years, I have occasionally heard that the Xuanmen is rebelling against the party, and I just thought it was some unfashionable little thieves, but I never expected that such a shocking case would be committed!" β
As he was talking, there was a commotion outside.
It seemed that there was a shout of killing in the distance, and it was coming from far and near.
The carriage stopped suddenly, and Xu Zun hurriedly rushed out of the carriage, but saw that the accompanying guards, including Zhao Yu and others, all showed their weapons, looking like they were facing a great enemy.
When Xu Zun looked in the direction where everyone was looking, he was taken aback, but when he saw that the direction of the palace was blazing, it was from where the shouts of killing came from......
Yes......
After Chen Taiji and the others got out of the car, they were also shocked.
"It's hard to ...... Is this going to be a big mess in the world? Tie Jing was even more frightened, holding the car rails with both hands.
Rumble......
Suddenly, there was a rumbling explosion, which seemed to be a cannon.
"How so?" Ah Xiu Tsai was also at a loss, and muttered to himself, "There was such a big incident, didn't the internal guard even receive a notice?" β
"Your Excellency...... This ......" Zhao Yu said with a bitter gourd face, "We really don't have anyone else with this luck!" There are absolutely no trivial matters wherever we go, all of them are big things for his mother's bear! β
"Shut your crow's mouth!" Huo Anu slapped Zhao Yu angrily, but his face was also quite unnatural.
"Could it be ......" Chen Taiji's face also changed greatly, "Then Xu Yusheng is really so bold as to dare to attack the imperial city?" β
"It shouldn't be him," Dongfang Enchanted shook his head and said, "If he leads the troops into the city, it must be to attack the Vermilion Bird Gate of the Imperial Palace, not the Zhengyang Gate." β
"Then ......" Tie Jing was even more shocked, "that is, someone has made a coup d'Γ©tat?" β
"Kill......"
Everyone was watching, but they didn't expect a large group of soldiers rushing over, all holding spears, and shouting "kill" in their mouths!
"Ah......h
Seeing this scene, Xu Zun and the others suddenly tensed, and instinctively felt that something was wrong.
Although Hou Zhen was holding an internal guard token in his hand, what if it wasn't the Daxuan army that came over?
"My lord......" Hou Zhen hurriedly looked at Xu Zun and asked loudly, "Rushing over, shall we withdraw?" β
"It's too late!" Xu Zun asked, "Where is Cao Ding's home?" β
"This ...... This is it! Ah Xiu Tsai pointed to the gate next to him and said, it turned out that they had come to the destination of this trip.
"Quick!" Xu Zun hurriedly ordered, "Hurry up and open the door and go in and hide!" β
Who knows, as soon as Ah Xiu Tsai ran to the door, the people inside the door heard the movement, and they just opened the door to check.
Seeing this, Ah Xiu immediately pounced like crazy and sent the person back to the courtyard.
Then, everyone rushed in and opened the gate, and drove the carriage into the courtyard quickly.
And as soon as they closed the door, a large group of soldiers outside had already killed......
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