Phantom Star Pavilion, a nine-story tea room.

Song Zheng held a book in his hand and stood at the window looking at the Purple Cloud Sword Sect.

After Yangning was unified, he expanded the construction of the outer city, deliberately assigned the Purple Cloud Sword Sect into the Divine Capital City, and built the Phantom Star Pavilion near the Purple Cloud Sword Sect, always monitoring the Purple Cloud Sword Sect's every move.

As a unified dynasty, if you want to stabilize your power, you must eliminate all hidden dangers. This move is to prevent the Purple Cloud Sword Sect from secretly cultivating masters of the Upper Three Realms and posing a threat to the regime.

"Duke Song, there was an explosion in the Purple Cloud Sword Sect, and a fire broke out."

Han Nian walked into the tearoom and reported to Song Zheng.

Song Zheng's face was very calm, looking at the fire in the library pavilion in the West Hall, and said, "Is there a secret pile?" ”

"Nope." Han Nian shook his head: "Duke Song, this fire is accompanied by a huge explosion, and from the humble point of view, it is very strange. ”

Song Zheng smiled faintly, turned around and returned to the table, lying comfortably on the couch, and continued to look at the book in his hand: "The Purple Cloud Sword Sect has not been very honest recently, especially after the Seeking Virtuous Day. ”

Han Nian walked in front of Song Zheng and continued to report: "The dark pile returns, Su Yang has recruited a group of highly qualified martial arts scholars, and it seems that he is going to make a big move. ”

Song Gong never raised his head, his eyes still jumped between the words on the scroll, and said, "Su Yang wants to get rid of the control of the Nine Star Division. ”

"Do you need to warn Su Yang?" Han Nian raised his eyes and asked.

The scroll in Song Gong's hand turned a page: "Ye Feng is still in the Purple Cloud Sword Sect, right?" Letting him intervene in the investigation can be regarded as a warning. ”

……

The Purple Cloud Sword Sect's Xitang Library suddenly exploded, killing at least ten people in the fire, and all of them were charred beyond recognition.

The storeroom on the first floor was the center of the explosion and the cause of the fire, and Ye Feng found the residue of gunpowder on the ground.

Along the way, Su Yang watched Ye Feng's various strange actions, squatting on the ground for a while and touching the ashes, and standing up and looking around for a while, feeling very strange.

"Virtuous nephew, do you have any opinions?"

Ye Feng glanced up, Su Yang's face was very ugly at this time.

No matter what caused the fire, the destruction of the Xitang Library, the burning of thousands of books, and the loss of people's lives, Su Yang, as the master of the West Hall, has an unshirkable responsibility.

In this way, not only Xitang, but even the entire Purple Cloud Sword Sect will be pushed to the forefront.

It's just that Su Yang's face was a little strange.

Ye Feng patted the dust on his body and concealed his discovery from him: "The autumn weather is dry and dry, maybe it is a fire caused by a fire candle." ”

The cause of this fire is so ordinary that it is impossible to set fire to a three-story house in an instant, not to mention the cause of the explosion.

Su Yang was stunned, stared at Ye Feng silently, and didn't ask again.

……

Nantang Courtyard.

"Gunpowder?!"

Jiu Mengzi stood up suddenly, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, his eyebrows and eyes were shocked.

He was silent for a moment, then sat back in his chair, a little distracted.

Sure enough, as expected by Jiu Mengzi, Ye Feng took the initiative to help investigate the truth of the fire this time, and sure enough, he found something suspicious.

"But how can there be gunpowder in the Library Pavilion?" Lin Xiyao looked at the two of them and felt very strange.

Yangningguo's control over gunpowder is extremely strict, whether it is the formula of gunpowder or the raw materials used to make gunpowder, it is completely monopolized by Yangningguo.

In the process of unifying the Central Plains, the artillery of Yangning determined the direction of the war and played a vital role. All the existing gunpowder was placed in the powder magazine, which was guarded day and night by the Yulin Guard. Artillery made of gunpowder was also only owned by the 12 Guards, and it was counted every ten years and reported truthfully.

During the war, the captain of a guard of the forbidden army lost two artillery pieces in the process of transferring troops, and the Nine Stars Division intervened in the investigation and beheaded the captain of the guard.

Today, although it is a time of peace, Yangning's control of gunpowder has not diminished in the slightest.

In this way, the explosion caused by gunpowder in the Purple Cloud Sword Sect was a very serious matter. If the emperor is interested and the Nine Stars Division intervenes, he can fully take over the Purple Cloud Sword Sect.

"Is the current gunpowder only available to the Twelve Guards?" Ye Feng pinched his chin and asked.

Lin Xiyao nodded and affirmed: "Yes, the gunpowder is in the gunpowder store, and the artillery is in the Twelve Guards Forbidden Army, in short, it is all under the control of the Forbidden Army." ”

"How could the gunpowder of the Twelve Guards Forbidden Army appear in the West Hall......" Ye Feng kept muttering this sentence, and suddenly asked, "Can gunpowder be bought?" Like the black market? ”

Lin Xiyao immediately denied: "Absolutely impossible, if you want to sell it, you must first have the ability to come into contact with gunpowder, and only the twelve guards who have access to gunpowder have access to." ”

"Is it possible that the Twelve Guards will steal from the Guards and let gunpowder flow into the black market?" Jiu Mengzi seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly put forward his own guess.

Lin Xiyao looked at him in a daze, still shook her head, and denied: "Although there is such a possibility, the possibility is almost zero. ”

Jiu Mengzi let out an "oh" and nodded weakly.

"This fire is very bizarre, in addition to the gunpowder that should not be here, the bodies that died in the fire are also very strange." Ye Feng's expression was serious, and a different color flashed in his eyes.

Jiu Mengzi didn't go to the scene of the fire, and was very curious about Ye Feng's words: "Dead? How strange is the corpse? ”

"Ten bodies have been found so far, all of them charred by the fire and have been unrecognizable."

After speaking, Ye Feng told Jiu Mengzi all his analysis and guesses.

"What do you want to do?" Jiu Mengzi asked.

"I want to do an autopsy." After Ye Feng finished speaking, he added: "Autopsy and autopsy." ”

Jiu Mengzi's expressionless face suddenly showed a look of surprise: "You want to disembowel the corpse?" ”

Ye Feng nodded vigorously: "Although the corpse was scorched by the fire, it looks like it was burned to death by the fire." But whether it was burned to death by fire or burned after death must be autopsied to be sure. ”

Ye Feng's idea, although crucial to this case, his decision to autopsy the autopsy was indeed too avant-garde.

In this feudal society, the dead are the greatest, and those who died in the fire are already dead, and they must not be disemboweled, and they must be buried in the ground. Doing so is tantamount to whipping a corpse, and it is a great disrespect to the deceased.

Jiu Mengzi swallowed a mouthful of saliva, still hesitant and puzzled by Ye Feng's thoughts: "Even if you want to conduct an autopsy, Su Yang may not agree." The student died in the Purple Cloud Sword Sect, and the family members were going to come to bring the body back for burial, once the family found out that their relatives had been disemboweled......"

This is indeed a problem, since you are in this world, you have to obey the rules of this world. But the autopsy is the key to finding out the truth, and I need a valid reason to support myself in doing so.

It was also to prevent himself from being beaten to death by the family of the deceased after the autopsy.

Whoosh –

Suddenly, a metal knife flew straight into the house through the window lattice, and was nailed into the wall.

The speed was so fast that none of the three people in the room reacted.

"Who!" Lin Xiyao slapped the table suddenly, and at the same time, the mandarin duck knife came out of the sheath, she was like a swallow, her figure flashed, and she pushed the door out directly and came to the courtyard.

The wooden door in the distance shook slightly, and a figure disappeared from the end of sight.

Back in the house, Ye Feng walked to the wall and pulled out the flying knife with force.

This is an iron throwing knife, coated with gold lacquer, and engraved with nine stars, presumably the object of the Nine Stars Division.

"Show me." Lin Xiyao walked to the side and took the flying knife from Ye Feng's hand.

"What is this?" Jiu Mengzi looked at Lin Xiyao fiddling with the flying knife and asked.

Lin Xiyao twisted the position of the handle of the knife, and a hidden buckle was loosened, unscrewed along the lines of the spiral, and there was a dark grid inside.

"This is the exclusive messenger of the Nine Star Division." Lin Xiyao unscrewed the hidden buckle and took out a piece of white silk from it.

It reads the four-character secret order of the Nine Star Division - investigate the fire.

"It seems that the Nine Star Division also means the same." Lin Xiyao handed the white silk to Ye Feng and said, "It seems that the Nine Star Division received an order from the Purple Cloud Sword Sect's secret stake and came to deliver the message. ”

The wine Mengzi beside him listened to Lin Xiyao's words without shying away from it, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

Ye Feng held the white silk in his hand, touched the Song Gongyu pendant in his arms, and smiled faintly.