"What did you find?"

Huo Quzhi's frame was covered with animal skins, which was very wide, but the three people squeezed in were still a little crowded.

After the frame set off, on the façade of the building along the street, the big cat tiptoeing on the roof of the car.

It's going to go out with it, so I'll come up on my own without me.

Huo Quzhi's perception accurately captured the traces of the big cat, including the slight trembling of the beard at the corner of the big cat's mouth when jumping, all of which are clearly presented in the perception, as if it were seen.

Outside the car, Xiong San and Yao Zhao sat on both sides of the platform on the left and right, responsible for driving.

In the carriage, on Huo Quzhi's right hand side were Yue Rao and Song Ran, one was tall, concave and convex, and the other had a delicate and indifferent face.

Especially after Huo Quzhi said that she was stupid, Song Ran's expression became more and more indifferent, almost like freezing.

Opposite the two women sat Qu Jun.

When Huo Quai's inquiry fell, Yue Rao raised his hand to reveal a snow-white wrist, and pulled out a silk scroll from his cuff.

There was a symbol painted on the silk scroll, but it was the spell symbol that Xia Jie and Huo Qubing fought that day, and it had been urged from the chest to increase their potential and resist the impact of the Yuan Shen Teng Snake.

In the end, it was the symbol that killed her, piercing her chest.

Outwardly, the symbol resembles a hole, and some resembles a mouth, and is made up of many tiny spell patterns.

Huo Quzhi once asked a few people to check the origin of this symbol.

Yue Rao already has a clue:

"I have searched through various files many times in the past few days, and I have found that this symbol first appeared in a sect in the Spring and Autumn Period."

Huo Qu was sick: "That sect is called Spring and Autumn Zonghengdao?" ”

Yue Rao was stunned: "Huo Shizhong already knows?" ”

Song Ran had previously found out through Xia Jie's cultivation direction that although the vertical and horizontal path was mainly based on vertical and horizontal techniques, it also had the inheritance of the secret art of channeling yin.

At present, Yue Rao has also found the information of the vertical and horizontal road according to this symbol.

The two clues are correct.

It is almost certain that Zonghengdao at least participated in the assassination of Liu Huai, a lieutenant of the Northern Army.

"One of the ways to practice the art is to stir up turmoil, lobby the schools, and gain the strength to join the vertical and horizontal circles and increase the practice.

But this vein has disappeared for a long time when it reached my Han Dynasty, because the world is unified, and there is no soil for vertical and horizontal lines. Yue Rao said.

"Any other clues?"

It was Song Ran's turn to speak, with a cold face: "I'm here to track down the spices that killed Liu Huai, and there are no clues yet."

But secretly paying attention to the situation of the new lieutenant of the Northern Army, there are some discoveries, but ......"

Replacing Liu Huai as the new lieutenant of the Northern Army was Zhang Cigong, who was originally a brave general under Wei Qing.

"But what?" Huo Quzhi asked.

"We secretly followed the itinerary of the new lieutenant of the Northern Army and found ...... He had private meetings with people outside, several times in the past few days. ”

Song Ran's face was slightly red, and he said it implicitly.

Zhang Cigong's misconduct, the so-called private meeting is to mess around with each other outside.

Zhang Cigong's personality is like this, he was a thief in his early years, and he was not confused about big things, but he had a prodigal temperament, he was also tall and handsome, and he liked to plant flags everywhere.

"Who is the person with whom he has a private meeting?"

"Lord Liu Lingweng."

The lord of Weng is the daughter of the princely family of the clan, which is different from the princess, and is called the lord of Weng in the Han Dynasty.

Liu Ling is the youngest daughter of Liu An, the king of Huainan.

And Liu An is Liu Che's uncle.

Liu Ling is also a prodigal woman, and Chang'an is a well-known 'courtesan'.

Liu Ling and Zhang Cigong secretly had a private meeting......

Huo Quzhi frowned, suppressed a thought that rose in his heart, and asked the others, "What else do you have to gain?" ”

"In addition to Chang'an in the past few days, there have also been changes in other places."

Qu Jun under the command of Tingwei frowned and said: "Our Tingwei has received news from various places for three consecutive days, and officials in Runan and Nanyang counties have been killed.

A total of three officials died mysteriously, although they were petty officials, but the three of them died strangely, and there were no injuries in their bodies, which was very similar to the situation when Lieutenant Liu Huai died. ”

As soon as these words came out, Yue Rao and Song Ran fell silent.

Things seem to get more complicated.

thought that Xia Jie and others would be captured, at least there would be no similar things in the short term, but the secretly hidden opponents not only did not confiscate, but intensified and blatantly opposed the imperial court.

The Runan and Nanyang counties mentioned by Qu Jun are in the southeast of Chang'an, and the distance is not far.

The other party's crimes in these two counties obviously had a purpose, that is, to divert the attention of Liu Huai's murder, deliberately create chaos, distract the investigators, and make the situation even more confusing.

"The other side wants to divert our attention and complicate things.

Then we should try to be as simple as possible, seek a breakthrough from one point, and find a clue if there is no clue. ”

Huo Qu's disease is a typical soldier's thinking.

He didn't plan to investigate step by step, and Qu Jun and others' case-handling ideas, with the clues, digging out the things behind it little by little, Huo Quzhi is better at taking the middle abdomen and defeating the opponent's resistance ability with one blow.

The same is true of his way of employing troops, which is as powerful as lightning, sharp but effective, and quickly simplifies the complex battle situation.

It's a matter of character.

The opponent made a move, and what Qu Jun and the others wanted was to take the move.

Huo Quzhi did the opposite, and he had already arranged it before, not on a whim, and asked Song Ran:

"Xiao Ying went to check the haunting location of Zonghengdao, how was the investigation?"

"News has been sent back, and the people of Zonghengdao are more active in Jiangxia, Lujiang, and Yuzhang counties.

Xiao Ying mobilized my secret detectives in these three counties, and has secretly found out the hidden place of Zonghengdao, which is in Lujiang County. ”

Jiangxia, Lujiang and Yuzhang are the three major counties on the north and south banks of the Yangtze River.

"Since we know that there is a problem with the vertical and horizontal channels, we will find a breakthrough from them."

Huo Quzhi asked Yao Zhao outside the car: "Let you go to the military camp of the Chang'an Guards to transfer troops, how is the situation?" ”

Yao Zhao said loudly: "Earlier today, you have gathered the people? ”

Earlier today...... It seems that even without Xiao Ying's investigation results, Huo Shizhong would have already made a decision...... Qu Jun and others secretly wondered.

Song Ran said again: "There is one more thing. ”

"Taichang, the head of Jiuqing, joined forces with the imperial envoy doctor and signed a subordinate order, saying that it is the courtiers who have been killed in Chang'an in recent months, a total of four people, two of whom are civil officials, in view of the joint secret investigation of the court captain, the murderer has not been found for a long time, so Taichang is ready to send another team to assist in the investigation."

"Too often to get involved in the killing of the lieutenant of the Northern Army?" Yue Rao was a little surprised.

Taichang is the head of Jiuqing, and the imperial envoy doctor is one of the three princes, both of whom are from Confucianism and have the same lineage.

The position of the imperial envoy is similar to that of the senior officials of later generations. It is reasonable for him to want people to participate in the investigation of Liu Huai's murder.

Song Ran continued: "Huo Shizhong asked me to track down the murder Xia Jie's biography and find a breakthrough in this aspect, and the people over there have already taken this clue, and they also dug out that there is a problem with an official.

Exploring the secret passage of the Marquis of Ruyin's mansion, why Xia Jie could know the opening method of this line, was also taken over by them. ”

Yue Rao said disdainfully: "They follow our clues to check, but they will pick up the cheapest." ”

"The person who led the team on the other side is called Zhang Xiaoyuan, and he is the eldest grandson of his predecessor Taichang."

Song Ran lowered his voice slightly: "Shizun said that there is a dispute between Confucianism and soldiers behind this matter, and Zhang Xiaoyuan wants to suppress Huo Shizhong and preemptively find out the mastermind behind Lieutenant Liu Huai's death."

Huo Shizhong, don't be careless, you are not only facing Zhang Xiaoyuan, but also Taichang and others behind him. ”

Huo Quzhi smiled dumbly: "Let them toss." Do you know how to ride horses, and take you to see the excitement? ”

Several people thought of Xiong San's words about going to war just now.

"What we have in our hands ......"

"You can put the matter in your hand for a while, those Confucian people are willing to investigate, let them check." Huo Quzhi said with a smile.

In fact, he asked Qu Jun, Song Ran, Yue Rao and others to join forces to investigate clues everywhere, and to some extent, they were setting off smoke bombs.

The other party dared to assassinate Liu Huai, a lieutenant of the Northern Army, and the layout has been for a long time.

From the very beginning, Huo Qubing had considered that the mastermind behind the scenes, who was hiding in the shadows and did not show up, may have been paying attention to the investigation progress of the secret detective and Ting Wei.

Therefore, letting Song Ran and others investigate everywhere and collect clues also has the purpose of attracting the attention of the secret envoy and attacking the west.

It's a game, the same as leading troops to war.

Secretly, Huo Qubing had another plan, that is, to open a breakthrough from another direction by surprise.

His idea became clearer after receiving the file that Ru Bohu asked Song Ran to hand over.

The secret scroll sent by Ru Bohu has a hidden meaning of reminding Huo Quai, Chang'an is deep and intertwined, and it is difficult to quickly find out useful clues and make a breakthrough.

He wrote more than 20 possible suspects in the dossier for Huo Quai, most of whom were prominent figures, just to remind Huo Qubing of the difficulty of investigating this matter.

And Huo Quzhi already had other ideas earlier.

His plan was only fully reported to Emperor Liu Che.

At this time, everyone went out of the city in a carriage and came to the Chang'an Guard barracks.

Yao Zhao was ordered to prepare the men and horses in advance, two hundred elite light horsemen in armor, and they had been waiting for a long time.

Huo Quzhi and the others got out of the car, and a solemn atmosphere came to their faces.

In the afternoon of that day, a cavalry army of 200 men stabbed out of Chang'an like a sharp sword and galloped away in the southeast direction.

In the evening of the same day, on the outskirts of Chang'an, someone secretly sent a message that a trained bird flew to the southwest.

In Changle Palace, Liu Qing was also looking at the southwest with his eyes raised, and his bright eyes were slightly looking forward to it.

She returned to the quiet room in the palace, crossed her knees and closed her eyes, and differentiated a trace of primordial consciousness, attached to a large bird as handsome as an eagle on the eaves.

The big bird suddenly rose into the air, flapped its wings and flew away, and came out of Chang'an in a blink of an eye.

The big bird flew out more than ten miles along the road, only to see from the air on the ground in front of him, a group of two hundred people, as fast as thunder, rushing forward.

It's so fast...... Liu Qing relied on the wisp of Yuan Shen pinned on the big bird, and wondered: What is Huo Shizhong going to do?