When Duan Ming woke up, he was in a dimly lit room.

The room was quite dilapidated, less than thirty square meters, surrounded by debris, and a faint smell of rancid smell permeated the air.

And Duan Ming was tied to a pillar in the middle of the room at the moment, and not far away was the only intact piece of furniture in the room—a low table.

"Ugh." Duan Ming smiled bitterly and shook his head, he had already figured everything out at the moment.

But it was too late, even if he figured it out earlier, he hadn't told Liu Zhi that if Xu Shizhong didn't know anything, he wouldn't have fallen to the point where he is now.

"Squeak." The door of the room was slowly pushed open, and a figure slowly walked in, it was Liu Zhi.

"Mr. Duan, you're awake." Liu Zhi said in a deep voice with a sincere smile on his face.

"Why? Why are you doing this? Duan Ming said in a deep voice.

"Oh?" Liu Zhi's smile retracted, and he slowly sat down at the low table next to him, and put the basket in his hand aside: "Isn't Mr. Duan surprised?" Aren't you supposed to ask, 'Why you?'" ”

"I don't have to ask, I should have thought of it a long time ago." Duan Ming sighed: "If you can know all our arrangements, you must be someone who has a certain authority within the Spiegel Division. ”

"I've been wondering why the boatman Meng Lei wasn't killed before, but before we had to find him?"

"I used to think it was a coincidence, but now I have figured it out, it's all your arrangement."

"When I found you and told you that there was something wrong with the boatman, you were already murderous. At that time, Xing Qianqiu was not in the Spiegel Division, I thought you went out to find him, but now that I think about it, you should have gone to kill people. ”

"Also, Linyang City is under martial law at night, except for you, who else can walk through in the middle of the night without hindrance?"

"After killing the boatman, you came back to inform the punishment Qianqiu, this time is just right."

"And you're the boatman's companion, his backstage, so the boatman opens the door for you and has no defense against you."

"It's worthy of Mr. Duan, just like what I saw with my own eyes." Liu Zhi nodded admiringly: "But why should I kill him?" ”

"For one, it was curfew, and although the boatman was good, you could not guarantee that he would escape without being caught. And you have limited time and can't drag it off for too long, so instead of letting him risk escaping, it's better to kill him directly. ”

"After all, killing is faster than explanation, and the mouth of the dead is the strictest."

"Second, I already suspected him at the time, and if he escaped, even if the probability was very low, it might make me suspect that someone had reported the news. And if it was killed, it would seem much more normal. ”

"Haha." Liu Zhi smiled and shook his head: "Mr. Duan, I should have killed you from the beginning!" ”

"And then there's the official ship, and I couldn't figure out what the hell was going on with that ship?" Duan Ming said: "Why is it that the crew on the ship is obviously not dead, but after entering the port, there is no call for help, not even any abnormality. ”

"Oh? Why? Liu Zhi's eyes flashed.

"Naturally, it is Liu Tongzhi, Lord Liu, your credit." Duan Ming sighed: "It must be you who got on the ship first, and then told the captain and crew that the Spiegel Division needed their cooperation in handling the case, and asked them to keep their mouths shut, and then promise a good reward." ”

"Naturally, these crew members dare not disobey, so not only will no one resist or ask for help, but they will even fully cooperate with your actions." Duan Ming sighed: "Where did they think that they were doing something for the tiger." ”

"Mr. Duan." Liu Zhi said and took out a bottle of wine and a wine cup from the basket, poured himself a glass, and then said with a smile: "You are very smart, I really can't bear to kill you." ”

"But you're going to kill me anyway." Duan Ming did not hesitate to debunk: "Otherwise, how about I join your organization?" With my help, you will be like a tiger with wings. ”

"Huh." Liu Zhi shook his head: "Mr. Duan, do you believe what you said?" ”

"Believe, why not? I just want to live, and it doesn't matter who I work for. Duan Ming said directly: "If it weren't for Xing Qianqiu holding my neck with a knife and forcing me to solve the case, I wouldn't be willing to get involved in this matter." ”

"Oh, yes. You also remember what Xing Qianqiu said when I first came, right? ”

"This ......" Liu Zhi seemed to recall the original fragment, and hesitated slightly: "In this way, if you tell all the things and everything, I can consider not killing you." ”

"And the discernment? What are you referring to? Duan Ming asked with a smile.

"Of course, Xing Qianqiu already knows something, and to what extent have you investigated!" Liu Zhi said in a deep voice.

"I see, it's because of this that you didn't kill me in the first place." Duan Ming nodded: "No problem, I can tell you." ”

"At present, Xing Qianqiu already knows that there is a traitor within the Spiegel Division, but he has not yet guessed that the traitor is you. Moreover, according to the clues left by Su Meng and them in the four major families, Xing Qianqiu had already judged that this matter was inseparable from the Immortal Sect. ”

"Hehe, what does this have to do with the Immortal Sect?" Liu Zhi sneered.

"It's just the two of us here, I'm still tied up by you, so don't pretend." Duan Ming shook his head: "Isn't this entire Linzhou genius case the overall situation of your Immortal Sect?" ”

"Oh? Tell me about it. Liu Zhi took a sip of wine and looked at Duan Ming with interest.

"If you have an enmity with Su Meng and them, and you want to kill the four of them as you, you can do it without knowing it." Duan Ming said: "But why didn't you do it? Why make a big deal of it, even killing people in the name of the river god? This is simply Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone knows it. ”

"Who is Sima Zhao?" Liu Zhi was stunned for a moment.

"You don't have to worry about this." Duan Ming didn't bother to explain, and said directly: "First kill the four great talents of Linzhou, and then cause panic in Linzhou, focus everyone's attention here, and then use yellow cloth to pretend to be an oracle, and then cause the Linzhou clan to be dissatisfied with the queen." ”

"Although I haven't met the queen and the emperor, I think they should be very affectionate, so you should be able to calculate accurately, and the emperor will definitely not let the queen feel half aggrieved because of this matter."

"So, if the queen is not wronged, who will be wronged? Of course, it's an official in Linzhou! ”

"In this way, the officials of Linzhou will naturally have conflicts and dissatisfaction with the emperor."

"As long as the case cannot be solved, and more people die, this dissatisfaction will intensify."

"Since ancient times, Linzhou officials have accounted for almost a quarter of the entire dynasty, although over the years, the emperor has tried to reduce the proportion of Linzhou officials, but with little success."

"Once the officials of Linzhou have a disagreement with the emperor, then it is very likely that the government and the opposition will be shaken, and the world will be restless."

"What is it that needs to shake the government and the opposition and the world is restless? There is only one possibility, and that is that you want to take the world in its place! You want to be the emperor! ”

"Then what does this have to do with the Immortal Sect?" Liu Zhi asked again.

"In this world, you are still not qualified to be a little Mirror Division, not even you, even if you are the governor of the Mirror Division, you are not qualified."

"And if it has been hundreds of years since Dading is set today, the people of the previous dynasty have already been killed, and the rest are nothing."

"In this case, in this world, the only one who has enough strength to covet the imperial power is this Great Qi First Sect - the Immortal Sect."

"So, if you're not a member of the Immortal Sect, what else can you be?"