On July 13, 476, the cicadas in early summer were not high-pitched, but they were full of vitality.

At the end of the day, Liu Xin and Senior Brother Cheng, who were a little tired, returned to the Liu Mansion together, and they went to visit Wu Baihu who was wrapped in zongzi because of serious injuries in the afternoon.

also met the new Baihu who succeeded Wu, a middle-aged black-faced man named Du Daochun.

Liu Xin couldn't help but sigh at Liu Licheng's methods, but afterwards, Senior Brother Cheng told Liu Xin that the man named Du Daochun was not simple, he was also a disciple of Emperor Wu City, and he was on duty in Jinwu avant-garde before, and this time it was a flat tone.

Jinwu Qianwei and Jinyi Wei both belong to the Shangzhiwei pro-army, one of the twelve guards. The status is not much lower than that of Jinyiwei, and Jin Wuwei is specially responsible for the emperor's patrol and guard, and his requirements for personal combat strength are higher than those of Jinyiwei.

And this Du Daochun's cultivation is at least comparable to Gong Kexin.

Gong Kexin is in the Thousand Households Office of the Inner East City, and his strength is second only to Liu Licheng in Dacheng Realm. The combat power is the peak of Xiaocheng Realm, and this Du Daochun is also such strength, Liu Xin and Senior Brother Cheng unanimously agreed that Liu Licheng has felt the strength of the mastermind behind the scenes, which is to enhance his own strength and avoid capsizing in the gutter.

"Xin'er, Uncle Cheng, why did you come back so late today?"

This is Li's voice, Liu Xinwen is prestigious, but he saw Li walking out of the corner of the corridor, and the latter walked towards Liu Xin, and instructed the maid beside him:

"Let the kitchen heat up the food, and come back at this hour, I don't think it's because of the meal, I'm afraid I'm still hungry."

If there is a meal, it will not end so early, and it will usually last until later. The curfew in the imperial capital is from the beginning of the day to the end of the day. When the curfew began, it was easy for people to come and go.

"Auntie is really witty!" Liu Xin is now more familiar with the Li family, and he speaks more casually.

Li smiled, then asked some trivial matters as usual, and left. At this time, the meals in the dining room are also hot and ready.

Liu Xin and Senior Brother Cheng had dinner together, and after the meal, only two people were left in the dining room, talking about the case.

Senior Brother Cheng mixed the contents found by the secret investigation team with words. The nearby servants and maids have all been dismissed, and there is no need to worry about being eavesdropped, but Senior Brother Cheng still subconsciously made a layer of disguise.

Soon the dinner was over, and Liu Xin also received the results of the hidden investigation team from Senior Brother Cheng.

Si Yanqing's whereabouts can't be found, even if the person who uses the same name on the household registration book of Ying Tianfu Mansion has already been investigated. This woman must have used this name when she first entered the imperial capital, and she couldn't make a mistake in a single word. Because this is the name used in the documents presented to His Majesty the Emperor. No one dares to cheat!

Now that the name is not in the family register, it means that the person's identity information has been tampered with.

There are a huge number of people who have the energy to tamper with household registration, and it can be said that anyone who has an official status can do it. But this is the imperial capital, and the difficulty has invisibly risen a lot, at least an official whose grade is not lower than the sixth grade can do it.

Si Yanqing is now Liu Xin's biggest clue, and the second is to wait until the next day, when he goes to the other courtyard again and asks the group of women. The effect of the poison clue has almost been exhausted, the Star Sect is active in the South China Sea, and it is very difficult to find one or two disciples of the Star Sect in the North, and the Dongchang side can only be investigated through some shadows, in fact, there is not much expectation.

The news I got from Liu Licheng in the afternoon is said to have captured a killer alive, but this line will definitely be firmly controlled by Liu Licheng. Du Daochun's appearance has a lot to do with this live. Of course, Liu Xin can try to steal people, but the cost performance is too low.

At present, there is no clue, Liu Xin can only look forward to getting some new clues from the mouths of that group of women tomorrow.

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In one of the courtyards of the Imperial Horse Supervisor and the Imperial Horse Supervisor, Gui Qinchen sat alone at the stone table, and there were three small dishes on the stone table, which he specially asked for an imperial chef in the southern imperial dining room to leave for him today, and it cost him three taels of silver.

From the afternoon, he sensed the sense of urgency that was slowly rising in the imperial city, and although everything seemed to be normal, he could feel it, because he had the cultivation of the Dacheng Realm.

Gui Qinchen sat alone in the corner of the stone table, and opposite him, five wine glasses were placed, filled with spirits.

He raised the glass in his hand and raised it high in front of him, his eyes showing helplessness and guilt.

After a few moments, he poured all the wine in his hand on the ground, put down his glass, and slowly got up.

Half an hour later, there was a sudden noisy noise in the yamen of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and a little eunuch hurriedly walked out of the Imperial Horse Eunuch and shouted:

"Oh no, Director Cui was killed, catch the murderer!"

The next moment, a dark shadow swept behind him, jumped twice in succession on the ground in front of the Imperial Horse Prison, and disappeared into the woods in the night.

The little eunuch opened his mouth wide in shock, and liquid began to ooze out from under his body, and the whole person stayed in place in despair.

The direction in which the black shadow disappeared was the Donghua Gate, which was closest to the Imperial Horse Prison!

But the real target of this black shadow is not Donghua Gate, because every gate of the Imperial City has masters stationed, at least it is also Dacheng Realm!

Now that there is no follow-up to the case of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, the Imperial City is under martial law, and the quality or quantity of the masters will inevitably be better than before.

Because of the roar of the little eunuch in front of the imperial horse prison, the warrior battalion soldiers patrolling not far away immediately rushed over, they didn't see the black shadow, but after learning the details of the matter from the eunuch's mouth, they immediately chased in the direction where the black shadow left, and at the same time, there was a Kong Ming lantern slowly rising into the air.

Donghua Gate is the closest to the Imperial Horse Prison, but it is also a full ten miles, and it takes at least forty breaths (1 breath and 5 seconds) for the masters of the Dacheng Realm to go all out, but it only costs less than ten breaths for the Kong Ming Lantern to rise into the sky.

When the Kong Ming lantern rose to a certain height, the sound of gongs sounded at the Donghua Gate, and many soldiers wearing armor arrived at their posts one after another, and a middle-aged military general wearing Mingguang armor walked out of the city tower slowly, his eyes were sharp, and he swept towards the inside of the Donghua Gate like an eagle.

It has been forty breaths since the black shadow left the Imperial Horse Prison, and this military general can already see the fire in the distance, thinking that it should be the men and horses of the warrior camp, and the Imperial Horse Supervisor is in charge of the warrior camp, so there is no need for personal guards.

And this middle-aged military general is subordinate to the pro-guard Yanshan Zuowei, and he is a thousand-household official!

After another ten breaths, the middle-aged Qianhu of Yanshan Zuowei could already see the generals of the warrior battalion approaching the city gate with torches, but no thieves appeared, the deep Sichuan character pattern between his eyebrows suddenly shrank, and then his eyes looked through the darkness to the southeast corner of the imperial city.

That place is the corner tower, and there is a Yanshan left guard hundred households stationed.

"Let's go, go to the corner tower!" The middle-aged Qianhu roared in a low voice, with a hint of anxiety in his tone.

Donghua Gate is less than five miles away from the corner tower, and the corner tower is only eight miles away from the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and compared to the Donghua Gate, the corner tower is closer to the Imperial Horse Supervisor.

When the middle-aged Qianhu of Yanshan Zuowei brought people here, they found that someone had already arrived here, and looking at the gray-brown military robes on their bodies, the middle-aged Qianhu knew that they were from Dongchang.

At the same time, the smell of blood in the air made this middle-aged Qianhu feel bad.

Before he could enter the corner tower, a person had already come out of the corner tower, although it was also a gray-brown robe, but the robe was embroidered with python patterns with silver-green silk thread.

Thousands of households in the east factory! Yuan Dongxiang!

The middle-aged thousand households of Yanshan Zuowei have a wide range of knowledge, and they can see the identity of the person from the clothes, because only the thousands of households in Dongchang are qualified to embroider python patterns on their clothes, and there is only one thousand households in Dongchang in the imperial capital, that is Yuan Dongxiang.

Judging from their positions, both of them are thousands of households, but in terms of status, the commanders of Yuan Dongxiang and Yanshan Zuowei are at the same level!

Therefore, the middle-aged thousand households took the lead in seeing the gift: "The original thousand households! ”

Yuan Dongxiang's robe was meticulous, although he was not on duty, his clothes were still so neat. He bowed his head lightly: "Is it the guard of Donghua Gate, Ma Wei Ma Qianhu?" ”

Ma Wei replied with a smile: "It's me!" ”

Then immediately afterwards, he frowned, the Sichuan character pattern was deeply sunken, and asked: "What's the matter, I saw the heavenly fire rising in Donghua Gate, and immediately ordered someone to guard Donghua Gate strictly, and then I felt wrong, so I rushed here." ”

Yuan Dongxiang's face was indifferent, and he didn't seem to want to say more, Ma Wei stood aside a little embarrassed, but the pride of being a thousand households made him not continue to ask.

It wasn't until a quarter of an hour later that a team of Dongchang fans arrived, and one of them reported to Yuan Dongxiangyu:

"A thousand households! Cui Wenxiu, the director of the Imperial Horse Prison, was killed in the duty room, and the cause of death was that the internal organs were shattered by internal forces and died on the spot. There are no traces of a fight at the scene, although Cui Wenxiu is not a martial artist, but from the wound inspection, it can be confirmed that the murderer is most likely a Dacheng Realm martial artist! ”

Being able to shatter internal organs with internal force through the surface of the body is only possible with the internal force of the Dacheng Realm.

"Dacheng Realm!" Yuan Dongxiang's eyes narrowed suddenly, and he immediately overlapped this person with the murderer of the Imperial Horse Prison case.

Ma Wei on the side showed a shocked face, he didn't know the case of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, but he knew that if the murderer was a Dacheng Realm martial artist, and such a thing happened in the imperial city, and such a murderer appeared, the matter would be big!

Just when Ma Wei was immersed in shock, another team of Dongchang fans rushed over, which should have been sent by Yuan Dongxiang.

"A thousand households! The eunuch Gui Qinchen, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Guardian, is missing! ”

"It's him!" Yuan Dongxiang exclaimed in surprise, he had already turned over the file of the Imperial Horse Supervisor in the past few days, and when he heard the name, he knew that this was one of the three horse eunuchs who were still alive, and he was also one of the most suspects in the Imperial Horse Supervisor case.

But not anymore.

Because he was almost sure that he was the real murderer!

Thinking of this, Yuan Dongxiang turned around suddenly, looked around, and shouted: "Don't let go of every inch of land, turn it over for me!" ”

"Yes!" The surrounding Zhongdong Factory should be in unison.

Then Yuan Dongxiang looked at a warrior battalion general on the other side:

"General Qin! Ask your people to keep an eye on several waterways and bridges! ”

The general of the warrior battalion, who had been waiting for a long time, nodded and turned to leave.

Then the captain heard his name.

"Ma Qianhu, your people in the corner tower are all dead!"

Ma Wei was stunned at that time, he was still lucky, thinking that if someone broke out from here, he might kill a few brothers at most, but now they were all dead, he subconsciously felt that it was impossible, and immediately retorted:

"Impossible! There are more than 20 people guarding the corner tower, at least two general flags..."In the end, Ma Wei remembered that the person who escaped was a Dacheng Realm martial artist!

The corner tower is guarded by a hundred households on weekdays, and is divided into three shifts every day, and each shift has at least two general flags on duty. But...... The two general flags are the combat power of the Xiaocheng Realm, and there is a world of difference between them and the Dacheng Realm.

But comparing his heart to his heart, Ma Wei himself is also a martial artist of the Dacheng Realm, if he wants to break into this corner tower, these people will not be able to stop him, and it is not impossible to kill them, the key is that it is too wasteful of time.

If it's someone who is bent on escaping, it shouldn't be!

That murderer was so murderous that he directly killed all the people here.

This is not in line with his character of escaping, shouldn't every second count for those who escape!

"Ma Qianhu, this murderer is a Dacheng Realm martial artist, it is very dangerous, and other idlers can't track him down at all. Our men can only act as eyeliners, and the only ones who can really catch him and capture him back are the two of us! ”

Ma Wei nodded, he understood, Yuan Dongxiang wanted him to work with him to find clues to the murderer.

The walls of the imperial city are now heavily guarded, and they are equipped with crossbow arrows, and even the Thousand Ox Crossbow, which is a killing weapon, even if the martial artists of the Dacheng Realm cannot easily pass through. There will certainly be a commotion, but now that the walls are safe, this person must still be hiding somewhere.

Yuan Dongxiang's arrangement has fenced off this place, but the prey is too strong, and the hunters of sufficient level are only him and Yuan Dongxiang.

"Let's split up!" Ma Wei said.

"No!" Yuan Dongxiang denied Ma Wei's words, and said word by word: "We have to be together!" ”

Ma Wei's heart was shocked, could it be that person was not an ordinary Dacheng Realm martial artist, otherwise why would two people of the same level need to join forces.

But soon, Ma Wei found that things were not what he thought, many times, some grasses that might hide people, horns, and hidden places of the river, when Yuan Dongxiang saw these places, he would let Ma Wei investigate.

Soon, the armor on Ma Wei's body was already full of dirt, but Yuan Dongxiang's robe was still upright, meticulous, and spotless!

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The imperial capital, the inner city, somewhere in a mansion.

Late at night, by the lotus pond, the sound of frogs is endless, but it is not so harsh compared to the cicada.

In the pavilion by the lotus pond, an old man in linen sat cross-legged, and opposite him was a tall and thin masked man in strong clothes.

"You came to the old man overnight, and things went wrong?" The old man's voice was deep, vicissitudes, and not slow.

The masked man's voice was hoarse, he spit out words very quickly, and his tone was slightly weird, and he said, "My lord, the brothers of the Qin family have gone wrong and escaped back, and they have been solved by me." ”

I only heard the old man snort coldly and was silent for a long time.

...

After a moment of silence, the old man's deep voice sounded, and this time he spoke a little faster, and said, "It's too much to use!" I wonder how much power you still have at your disposal? ”

The tall and thin masked man seemed to be calculating, his eyes flashed with a fine light, and after a while, he said faintly: "Regardless of the generals, among the civil ministers, below the third grade, whoever you want to kill, who will die!" ”

The old man seemed a little surprised, raised his head suddenly, looked at the masked man, and asked with some disbelief, "You still have such a strong strength?" ”

The masked man smiled, shook his head, and said, "It seems that your lordship underestimates our strength too much." ”

The old man sighed and said, "Your strength, the old man has never questioned it, but after all, this is the imperial capital, not the Northern Barbarians!" ”

The masked man turned his head to look, his eyes didn't look like he was looking at this garden, but more like looking at the entire imperial capital city, he chuckled and said: "Here, sooner or later, the name will be changed, the imperial capital is not good, and the Heavenly Emperor City is even more domineering!" ”

The old man shook his head, as if he didn't want to say this useless nonsense anymore, he said quietly: "The old man can do everything, but unfortunately he can't do it, you shouldn't have chosen the old man in the first place." What is Lord Billeg's plan, the power in my hands, he should know very well, how could the Qin family brothers fail! The implication is that he thinks that Lord Bilegh should make a plan that suits his own abilities, and this is shirking responsibility.

The masked man put away his smile, as if he was full of respect for the name Billeg, and his tone also became reverent: "Lord Billegge has already planned everything, and the Qin family brothers are just a small episode, it doesn't matter." They're like a pile of sludge that just mixes into the water and mixes it up. ”

"But!" The old man didn't wait for the masked man to finish speaking, and there was already a trace of anxiety in his tone, and said, "The Jinyi Guard has already protected that group of women and children, and we have no better chance!" Once they find out something and track it down to Si Yanqing's head, I may be exposed! ”

"Tsk!" The masked man laughed strangely, and he comforted the old man: "Don't worry, my lord, if there is a possibility that the matter will be revealed, I will arrange for someone to rescue you out." You know, our prince is very fond of Han culture, and we are also the tribe that can absorb Han culture the most, and we can accommodate you, unlike the other three barbarian tribes! Especially for you, my lord, you have helped us a lot over the years, and the prince will not abandon a person who has contributed so much to our clan! ”

The old man was silent again, as if considering the masked man's words, after a while, his body slowly leaned half-lean, he was old, his body bones gradually became a little unbearable, after changing a comfortable position, he said: "Okay, no need to draw cakes for the old man!" The old man is old, and he doesn't care about these aftermaths. The old man's baby grandson is already in Beiban, and his son can go out at any time, so the old man has nothing to worry about. Everything I do now is laying the foundation for the old man's son and grandson. Therefore, the old man hopes that this time things can go well! ”

"That's nature!" The masked man affirmed, "How could Lord Billeg's plan fail!" Gui Qinchen should have killed Cui Wenxiu, the head of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, by now. When you first came into contact with Cui Wenxiu, no one will ever know! ”

"Will he be able to escape?" The old man said with some hesitation: "The Imperial City... Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon! ”

The masked man didn't seem to be worried, and he said a piece of news that surprised the old man: "Gui Qinchen is a Dacheng Realm martial artist!" ”

"How is that possible!" The old man couldn't believe it, and his body immediately straightened.

The masked man shook his head and said, "I don't know either." It was Lord Bilege who secretly read the letterheads of Gui Qinchen and Si Yanqing with secret methods, and in their correspondence on letterheads, Gui Qinchen told Si Yanqing that he had been secretly practicing martial arts all these years, just so that one day he could leave the imperial city and reunite with Si Yanqing. ”

The old man frowned, he subconsciously glanced in the direction of the imperial city, and said, "Gui Qinchen said that there is an opportunity, but now is obviously not a good time!" ”

The masked man said softly: "Although now is not a good time, for Gui Qinchen, if he doesn't grasp the present, he won't even have a chance in the future!" ”

The old man suddenly said suddenly, "You ...... Use a trick to force him to do it now! But he knows that my protégé, if he is captured alive, what would it be? ”

The masked man turned around, looked in the direction of the imperial city, and said: "He can't survive tonight, you forgot it, my lord, I said, no matter the generals, among the civil servants, below the third grade, whoever you want to kill, who will die!" ”