Chapter 199: The Four Elders, the Culprit
"What!" Li Xuan couldn't help but stand up suddenly, he stared at Yan Zhuang deadly, and asked through gritted teeth, "A batch of blades, how many of them, how many people can be equipped, where did they come from, and where did they transport them, and did they only transport this batch, or did they transport a lot?"
"There should be more than one batch, but this batch should be the most, and as for the rest, I don't know below. King Nanchang, you have to find a way to recover it and plug this loophole." Yan Zhuang stared straight at Li Xuan, his face extremely solemn.
"Nonsense, you still need to say it, if Yangzhou's blades flow to Wuzhou, the first one who will be unlucky will be this king." Li Xuan glared at Yan Zhuang fiercely, then his gaze converged, lowered his head, knocked lightly on the table, and smiled contemplatively.
After a while, Li Xuan raised his head and asked with a serious face, "You just said that He Chang, one of the four hall masters, sent Wen Bingyan, the hall master of the Tianyin Sect Huaiyang Hall, to Yongchang Bo, so is the blade from Yongchang Bo's Mansion, from the Shi family and the Zhang family, and from Xinlin Zhechong Mansion?"
"I don't know, this is something that the prince needs to investigate." Yan Zhuang shrugged indifferently, and then said, "The lower official has said everything he should say, and he will retire."
"Brother Yan, wait a minute, I'm impatient, I'm sorry." Li Xuan stabilized his mind, and then said in a deep voice, "I don't know if I can tell you how many people the Tianyin Sect has in the entire Yangzhou now, and to what extent has their influence infiltrated in the entire Yangzhou?"
"The King of Nanchang wants to ask, will the layout of the Tianyin Sect in Yangzhou affect Wuzhou?" Yan Zhuang saw through what Li Xuan was thinking at a glance, and finally shook his head and said, "I haven't been in Yangzhou for a few days, and I don't know much, except for the Holy Maiden of the Tianyin Sect who had taken a picture in Luoyang before, and Wen Bingyan, the master of the Huaiyang Hall who hid in the Yongchang Bo Mansion, I only know that the one hiding behind all this and planning the conspiracy is An Rongxiang, one of the four elders of the Tianyin Sect, as for where he is and what his identity is, I don't know anything about it."
Yan Zhuang smiled bitterly and spread his hands, that was all he knew about the Tianyin Sect.
"The Four Great Elders of the Tianyin Sect, An Rongxiang." Hearing this name, Li Xuan's expression immediately perked: "Just know who it is."
The recent series of events had left him feeling confused for a while, but now everything was finally clear.
The one who hid behind everything, was responsible for planning, and opened up all kinds of joints, and it must be An Rongxiang, one of the four elders.
Wen Bingyan is nothing more than a role that is executed in the middle.
As for Ye Wanwan, Li Xuan had already seen that she was just a small chess piece that was thrown out to attract attention.
All the clues began to be integrated with An Rongxiang as the ultimate source, and everything quickly became clear.
"Then defeat the Cao Gang first, then clean up Wen Bingyan, and finally find An Rongxiang." Li Xuan clarified his thoughts little by little.
He subconsciously raised his head and looked at Yan Zhuang, only then did he realize that Yan Zhuang had left quietly.
"This guy." Li Xuan snorted coldly, shook his head, and continued to think.
Yan Zhuang came here to find him, just to take advantage of him.
The fake assassination that was said in Luoyang before has almost become true now, and it was the demon girl Ye Wanwan who personally started it.
Yan Zhuang's own arrangement was naturally no longer needed, and he had already successfully gained trust by saving Ye Wanwan's life.
As for the next, it is nothing more than to let the Yangzhou branch suffer heavy damage, and then Yan Zhuang and the rest of the people will leave Yangzhou alive and return to the mountains.
Tianyin Sect, all An Rongxiang's plans in Luoyang must be destroyed.
Li Xuan held an umbrella in his hand and walked in the rainy night.
The strong wind blew on the umbrella, but it didn't deform the umbrella at all, let alone wet Li Xuan under the umbrella.
Li Xuan's gaze withdrew from the dark whistle hidden in the corner of the wall, and his gaze fell on the gate of the side courtyard in front of him.
The courtyard door was open, and there were sporadic lights inside.
In the rainy night, there are very few people who have not rested.
There was a slight sound of footsteps, and then a window was opened.
Wearing a green skirt and a light veil, her eyes were cold
Xu Wan'er stood at the window and looked at Li Xuan calmly.
Li Xuan walked over, pushed open the door that was wet with raindrops, walked in, turned around, closed the door, and blocked the wind and rain.
Under the light, Xu Wan'er silently lowered the window, walked to the threshold between the bedroom and the middle hall, and looked at Li Xuan without fear.
Li Xuan took a step back, Xu Wan'er walked out of the bedroom, and then gently closed the bedroom.
"Lord Wang, please take a seat." Xu Wan'er pointed to the round table in the center of the central hall, on which there were several white porcelain teacups and a flickering candle. Z.br>
"You've been waiting until now?" Li Xuan sat down at the round table before looking up at Xu Wan'er.
Close at hand, Xu Wan'er's bright face, fair skin, looming ravines, and calm eyes appeared directly in front of Li Xuan's eyes.
"The prince has what he needs, and Wan'er should do her best." Xu Wan'er stood and gave Li Xuan a cup of tea, and then stood respectfully to the side.
Xu Wan'er was given to Li Xuan as a slave by the emperor, although Li Xuan has rarely been harsh since the difficult journey, she still puts herself in a correct position.
"Tell me, what did you find when you went out today?" Li Xuan picked up the teacup and took a slight sip.
"There is not much harvest, although Yangzhou is a merry place, but compared to Luoyang, women are easier to domesticate, only some private prostitutes and little ladies who sing small songs know some news, but most of what they know is useless, I am afraid that the prince will be disappointed." After Xu Wan'er finished speaking, she stood quietly on the side.
"You've always had news, or you wouldn't have waited until now." Li Xuan held the white porcelain teacup in her hand and looked at Xu Wan'er with a smile.
"The prince's eyes are like torches." Xu Wan'er owed slightly, and then said in a low voice: "The Cao Gang is still the same as back then, collecting beautiful women from all over the south of the Yangtze River, and after training, they are sent to Luoyang Chang'an, and even the Western Regions.
Li Xuan nodded and said, "Since that's the case, then they must know who is in charge of such affairs within the Cao Gang?"
Similarly, the people of the Cao Gang may avoid those promising young girls, but they will not avoid these old and decrepit prostitutes.
"He Chang, one of the four hall masters, has always been in charge of such affairs." Xu Wan'er's eyes revealed a trace of hatred.
Back then, she was resold from Yangzhou to Luoyang by the Cao Gang, and now that she has returned to Yangzhou, her biggest wish is to be able to find her family.
She did not resent her parents, although she could not remember whether she had been sold or abducted.
If it is the former, the way of the world is like this, and it is in vain; If it is the latter, the Cao Gang, who was responsible for reselling the young girls, is the culprit.
Li Xuan didn't have much time for Xu Wan'er, only three days, and after three days, Li Xuan would leave for Wuzhou.
What really made Xu Wan'er do her best, in addition to her own desire to find her parents through the account books of the Cao Gang, there was also Li Xuan's desire to deal with the Cao Gang.
Three days was not a lot, but it was enough for her to find something useful.
"He's a man, where does he usually go and be?" Li Xuan seemed to be asking Xu Wan'er, but he himself frowned.
He Chang, as one of the four hall masters of the Cao Gang, usually goes in and out very secretively, and wants to investigate his whereabouts, in the past two days......
"I don't know about other places, but there is one place that he has been going in and out of recently." Before Xu Wan'er's words were finished, Li Xuan raised her head and looked at her in disbelief, which was really surprising and timely.
"In the southeast of the state city, there is a compound there, which is not He Chang's home, but he has been living there for the past few days." Xu Wan'er smiled coldly, gritted her teeth and said, "The reason why the little maid knows is because yesterday, an old man who lost his granddaughter was killed outside the gate of that compound, and his body was thrown into the python intestine river to feed the fish......
"The government
They don't know about it, or even if they do, they won't care." Li Xuan's expression was calm, and he was used to similar things.
Over the years, Li Xuan has already seen clearly that whether it is Li Zhi and Empress Wu of the Divine Capital, or the local Assassin County Order, they seem to be in control of everything, but what they really control is only the clans of various places.
They don't bother to look at the common people and other underprivileged members of society.
This has a lot of holes to exploit.
"Okay, you rest early tonight, don't go out tomorrow, just wait to see the show."
"Son, thank you, lord." Xu Wan'er bit her lip, with infinite hope in her eyes.