In the outer city of Chongbeifang, in a hidden mansion, a person with a face covering his face quietly touched into the mansion, and in a room, he found the corpse of the Qin family's brothers. This man carefully inspected the corpses of the Qin family brothers, who had begun to stink, and quickly left the courtyard.

But this person didn't know that when he left the courtyard with his front foot, two people with the same mask came to the courtyard with his back foot, and one person followed the former to leave, and the other entered the house where the Qin family's brothers died.

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In the Shuntian Gambling House in Chongnanfang, Liu Xin waited until the evening, but Gui Wanqiu still did not come back.

He had already learned from the mouth of the gambling house that the lady he saved today was the shopkeeper of the Shuntian gambling house, Gui Wanqiu. And the dead groom is Gui Wanqiu's personal guard, named Ghost Knife Four, and the gambling house people call him the fourth brother.

Because he couldn't wait for Gui Wanqiu to come back, Liu Xin took his leave, and at the same time he gave the gambling house an address and asked them to tell the lady that he was interested in defecting, and if he was interested, he could go to that address to find him.

After Liu Xin left the Suncheon Gambling House, he met with Senior Brother Cheng two blocks away, and Liu Xin and Senior Brother Cheng exchanged their income. Senior Brother Cheng followed Gui Wanqiu all the way to the manor of the president of the Blue Coat Society, and then Gui Wanqiu never left, and after leaving in the evening, he went straight to the inner city, and at this time, the people from the secret investigation team also arrived, and Senior Brother Cheng asked the others to continue to follow Gui Wanqiu. And he himself came back to wait for Liu Xin, because he received news from the secret investigation team.

"Today in the outer city of Chongbeifang, the people of the secret investigation team touched the hiding place of the Qin family brothers and found that the two brothers were already dead!" Senior Brother Cheng said.

"How did you die?" Liu Xin was a little surprised, most of the people who assassinated the women and children that day finally fled and hid in various places in the imperial capital, the most likely of which was a place like Chongnanfang. Unexpectedly, the twins hid in Chongbeifang, which is close to the inner city, which is actually a relatively tall place in the outer city, and they are all inhabited by solid families.

"Died from a heavy blow, it is estimated that it is still the Northern Barbarian Buhe. It took some effort for our people to find them, they were hiding in Chongbeifang, and our people and the people in the government made the same mistake of thinking. If it weren't for the time wasted, they might still be able to find them alive, and in that case, maybe they would be able to find the mastermind behind the scenes through this group of killers. Senior Brother Cheng said in a deep voice.

Liu Xin thought about it, sorted out his thoughts, and said: "The brothers of the Qin family died at the hands of Buhe, for them, the specifications of this death method are a bit too high. This can only show that the Qin brothers do know the identity of the mastermind behind the scenes, so they will attract Buhe. But now we still have a clue, and that is Gui Wanqiu. At present, one thing is certain, Bu He is going to kill, and he is an important clue in the case of the Imperial Horse Supervisor. In addition to keeping an eye on Gui Wanqiu, we also have to check the clues of the Northern Barbarians, there will not be many Northern Barbarians in the imperial capital, it should not be difficult. However, the Northern Barbarian envoys in Honglu Temple have been watched, and the direction of our investigation should be on the caravan. ”

Senior Brother Cheng nodded: "Then I'll send someone to check the Northern Barbarian caravan." ”

Liu Xin looked at the dark sky, the hour was not early, and he estimated that it was already the end of the time, and he said: "Senior Brother Cheng, you go back to the hundred households first, and see if Guo Zongqi has any clues." Then tell Aunt Li that I won't go back to the house tonight. I think Gui Wanqiu should come to me tonight. ”

Senior Brother Cheng looked at Liu Xin quite puzzled, but didn't ask much, he believed in Liu Xin's ability, although he also relied on the hidden investigation team to investigate the case in the past few days, Liu Xin himself also showed a lot of wit.

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Inner City, Tianyin Accord

There are ten major restaurants in the imperial capital, Tianyin Accord is one of them, and those who can enter Tianyin Accord to eat are either rich or expensive, and simple small rich and expensive are not qualified to enter.

In the private room on the third floor, Shao Shiwang stood by the window of the private room, waiting carelessly.

At this time, the sky gradually darkened, and the lights in the imperial capital were lit, and the lights became denser and denser from far and near, and the lights on the streets were vigorous, and the flow of people was like weaving. At this hour, the people have finished their busy day, and while there is still some time before the curfew, the streets are brightly lit, and the heat of the day gradually dissipates with the setting of the sun, which is a good time to come out for a leisurely walk.

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, the door of the private room was opened, and a woman dressed in a purple bronzed silk dress entered, her face covered with a gold silk veil, a little cinnabar mole between her eyebrows, and a delicate and unusual golden step in her hair bun.

Shao Shiwang looked at the voice, and his eyes were suddenly full of smiles: "Senior sister, we haven't been together for some days!" ”

When the woman entered the private room, she took off the veil on her face, revealing a melon seed face with delicate makeup, a pair of beautiful eyes were quite cold, the corners of her lips were like a hint of a smile, and she said in a cold tone: "Senior brother! We haven't seen each other for nearly three months, and my father blamed you the day before yesterday for not coming to see him for a long time. ”

Shao Shiwang smiled and said: "Senior sister went back to confess to the master for me, after this busy time, I will go to see the master and make amends to him in person!" ”

The woman waved her hand and said, "That's not necessary, my father also knows that you are busy with official business, so he won't really blame you." I have asked you to come today for the sake of business, otherwise I would not dare to disturb you. ”

Shao Shiwang looked at the woman with interest, the latter was the eldest daughter of Xia Yunhe, the Duke of Jiangyin, who joined the army when he was young, and the Shangguan was Xia Yunhe. Because Shao Shiwang's father and Jiangyin Gong used to be old acquaintances, Shao Shiwang worshipped Jiangyin Gong as his master. The Duke of Jiangyin has been on the battlefield for a long time, and his combat power is the top, he was once the right-hand man of Zhu Guangxiao, the Duke of Wuguo, and he made some contributions to Tuoba Yunhan a few years ago.

And after following Jiangyin Gong for a few years, Shao Shiwang got such an important position as Jinyiwei. You must know that since Emperor Kangyang, if you don't have real skills, it will be difficult for you to get a false position. Although Shao Shiwang has a knighthood, his status is actually the lowest in the entire Xungui Group, and he is very grateful to the Duke of Jiangyin to have today's status.

Over the years, the Xungui group has gradually divided into two factions, and Zhu Guangxiao, the former first marshal of the Zhengyang Empire, is also old, and he faintly has the idea of being a leader. And his successor is undoubtedly Tuoba Yunhan, and Jiangyin Justice is a die-hard supporter of Tuoba Yunhan.

Although Tuoba Yunhan is the only one who can inherit Zhu Guangxiao's position, the soldiers and horses in the world are not counted by one person, and there are five governors in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies. Tuoba Yunhan's position is unbreakable, but he can't monopolize the rights of the military, just like the previous situation, the big head is Zhu Guangxiao's, the small head belongs to Tuoba Yunhan, and the rest of the leftovers are still very sought-after.

And the group of nobles who followed Tuoba Yunhan wanted to expand the power in their hands as much as possible when the power was handed over. This is a confrontation in the political arena, and Jiang Yin Gong and other noble bigwigs have been secretly exerting their strength.

According to Shao Shiwang's knowledge, in the past when Zhu Guangxiao was at his peak, there were four governors in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies who were his people. Tuoba Yunhan is the fifth.

And now Zhu Guangxiao is gradually retiring, and a group of veterans who follow him have also consciously abdicated. Among the new generation of generals, there are only two governors who really belong to Tuoba Yunhan. This proportion is far less than that of Zhu Guangxiao, and to reach or even exceed the influence of Zhu Guangxiao's period, a group of people led by Jiangyin Gong are exerting their strength to eat milk.

Xia Jinghua, the eldest daughter of the Duke of Jiangyin, made a brazen move, unified half of the underworld forces in the imperial capital, established the Blue Coat Society, and became the president of a generation of underworlds.

The underworld should not be said, the ability to make money is far beyond that of ordinary businessmen.

Shao Shiwang looked at the gorgeous woman in front of him, although the latter was in his early thirties, he was still as well-maintained as a twenty-eight girl. Such a beautiful and luxurious woman is also a top existence in the entire imperial capital ladies circle. But she is a gangster in the underworld, and such a contrast in identity has always fascinated Shao Shi.

However, Shao Shiwang would not really be interested in the woman in front of him, because the latter's emotional history was too chaotic.

Abandoning the distracting thoughts in his heart, Shao Shiwang looked at Xia Jinghua, the president of the Blue Coat Association, and said with a smile: "I don't know what President Xia wants to talk to me about?" ”

Xia Jinghua covered her mouth and smiled, as if she had heard a funny joke, covered her mouth and laughed for a moment before she stopped and said, "That outer room of yours has become the vice president of my Chamber of Commerce, I am here to congratulate my senior brother!" ”

Shao Shiwang was stunned for a moment, and only reacted after a while, he asked, "Are you talking about Gui Wanqiu?" ”

Xia Jinghua nodded solemnly: "That's right, this woman is not simple, compared to your wife Luo, she is much more powerful." Therefore, I take good care of her in business, and it can be regarded as a gift from me to you. ”

Shao Shiwang shook his head: "Although she has the ability, she can't bring such help to the Luo clan, which is good for me." However, I am quite interested in the business between you and her, so I might as well talk about it carefully. ”

Xia Jinghua poured herself a glass of wine, then raised it high, and said with a smile: "Senior brother, let's talk while drinking?" ”

Shao Shiwang picked up the wine cup: "Okay!" ”

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In a small courtyard in Chongbeifang, Liu Xin sat alone in the courtyard, drinking and drinking, with a full moon, with a hint of coolness in the air, so happy.

His table was full of delicacies, roast chicken, roast duck, roast pig's trotters, and several jars of good wine.

Opposite Liu Xin, there was a woman, a woman who had just arrived.

Gui Wanqiu withdrew 10,000 taels of silver from the Shuntian gambling house in the inner city, exchanged it into a silver ticket, and when she returned to the gambling house in Chongnanfang, she found that the hour was still early, Liu Xin's message, she thought about it again, changed her outfit, and came to this courtyard alone.

Liu Xin pulled up a chicken leg and took a big bite of it, eating quite heroically.

"Shaoxia, I don't know your name yet," Gui Wanqiu asked.

"Shaoxia can't be a young man, my name is Liu Xin. Madame is very happy to be here today, I have not been in the imperial capital for a long time, and I also hope to find an errand envoy, otherwise the entanglement on my body will not be enough" Liu Xin ate the meat in a big gulp, his movements were wild, and the meat in his mouth had already puffed out his cheeks and began to speak.

"Liu Xin! Good name, how can you not have enough entanglements? This house is worth a lot of money in the outer city. Gui Wanqiu asked with a smile, pouring wine for Liu Xin as she asked.

"Madame smiled, this was all purchased for me by the master." Liu Xin took the wine, took a big sip, and smoothed the food in his mouth. He really didn't eat anything today, and now his stomach is empty, and by the way, he performs a hairy boy who is very smug on the rivers and lakes.

See this Liu Xin mentioning his master. Gui Wanqiu asked quietly, "I heard you talk about what sect your master is from today?" ”

"Haven't you heard of the Imperial Horse Sect?" Liu Xin said vaguely.

Gui Wanqiu covered her mouth and chuckled: "I really haven't heard of this. ”

"It's normal if you haven't heard of it, the Imperial Horse Sect was disbanded more than ten years ago, and I was only accepted as a disciple by the master a few years ago." After Liu Xin finished eating a chicken leg, he tore off a large piece of meat from the roast duck and put it in his mouth, chewed his masseter muscles, and drank a sip of wine when he choked.

"Oh, what's your master's name?" Gui Wanqiu asked seemingly casually.

"Gui Qinchen!" Liu Xin's energy seemed to be all focused on eating, and he replied simply.

"Since the Imperial Horse Sect has been disbanded for many years, how did this master of yours accept you as an apprentice?"

"That's a long story."

"Then you can tell me more about it."

Liu Xin began to save him from an orphan who was rescued by Gui Qinchen, and then taught him martial arts, and began to talk about it for a quarter of an hour.

Unconsciously, Gui Wanqiu poured him wine many times, and the jars of wine and meat on the table were all brought by Gui Wanqiu, and the jars of wine had almost been drunk at this time.

Liu Xin's face was red, obviously drunk, Gui Wanqiu glanced at Liu Xin, and suddenly a strange smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Liu Xin suddenly felt bad when he looked at this smile, his body was a little weak, his arms supporting the table trembled a little, he lost his strength and didn't hold it all of a sudden, and the whole person fell on the table.

When Gui Wanqiu saw this scene, she snorted coldly and let out a few sneers, and she suddenly asked sharply, "Who are you?" What is the relationship with Gui Qinchen? Don't try to lie to me, I know what you said before was a lie! ”

Liu Xin's expression was a little flustered, and he said weakly: "Madam, what I said is the truth, did you poison me?" Why do you want to hurt me? I just saved you today! ”

Gui Wanqiu's soft eyes glowed coldly, and she said lightly: "I won't harm you, this is not a poison, it's just a numb." You saved me once today, and I won't hurt your life, but you must tell me what your relationship with Gui Qinchen is! ”

"That's my master!" Liu Xin roared vigorously, and seemed to have some difficulty even speaking.

"No way, he can't be your master!" Gui Wanqiu slapped the table heavily and scolded angrily.

"Madame, how do you know?" Liu Xin had an incredulous look on his face.

Gui Wanqiu sneered and said, "Because I'm his sister, how could I not know?" ”

Liu Xin was stunned for a moment, and all his expressions froze on his face. In the next moment, the panic, worry, and panic on Liu Xin's face disappeared instantly, and it turned into a sunny and cheerful smile.

Liu Xin slowly propped up her body and sat up straight, Gui Wanqiu on the opposite side suddenly showed a frightened look, she got up suddenly, and her body took a few steps back.

Liu Xin raised his wine glass, sniffed the residual wine in the wine glass, and said, "You really didn't use poison, otherwise, I wouldn't have spoken to you so politely now." ”

Liu Xin actually knew from the beginning that there was medicine in this wine, and it was an anesthetic. He knew this very well, so he used his internal force to seal several of his acupoints, although the wine was really down, but at the critical moment he used the internal force to evaporate the strength of the wine, and because the anesthetic did not enter the key center, he was not numbed.

"Who are you? After drinking so many anesthetics, it's okay! Outside this courtyard there are the guards of my gambling house, and if I shout, they will rush in! There was a hint of horror and obvious inwardness in Gui Wanqiu's voice.

Liu Xin waved his hand indifferently and said, "You won't bring anyone here!" I'll be honest with you, I'm in a showdown! I'm actually Jinyiwei, and I'm investigating the case involving Gui Qinchen, and I'm looking for you because I found you. ”

"Jin Yiwei?" Gui Wanqiu's face showed shock, surprise, and some doubt.

"What case did Gui Qinchen commit? Are you Jinyiwei? She still didn't believe it.

Liu Xin took out the waist card of Jinyiwei from his waist, put it on the stone table, and gently pushed it forward.

Gui Wanqiu immediately confirmed when she saw the waist card, it was indeed the waist card of Jinyiwei. In the imperial capital for so many years, as a bigwig of the underworld, of course she knows what Jinyiwei's waist card looks like, and she usually has no less contact.

Liu Xin said: "You didn't poison me today, and you didn't bring anyone here, so it can be seen that you don't want people to know your relationship with Gui Qinchen, right?" ”

Gui Wanqiu's face kept changing, and she didn't know how to answer for a while.

Liu Xin waved his hand and said: "You sit down first, I have no ill will towards you, otherwise I should arrange someone in the dark, and when you come, I will arrest you, and take you to Jinyiwei's edict, and then interrogate the news I want to know from you, isn't it easier for me!" ”

After thinking for a moment, Gui Wanqiu finally took two steps forward and sat down slowly.

"How did you find me? How do you know about my relationship with Gui Qinchen? Did you save me today because you were premeditated? Gui Wanqiu asked three questions in a row, and there were some things she wouldn't say until she really trusted Liu Xin.

"Household registration! Although you have changed your household registration, there are still traces to follow, and I found this clue and looked for it. Liu Xin's reasons are true, but they are not all true, he found Gui Wanqiu because of the mysterious person of that day. But if he didn't say it, Gui Wanqiu wouldn't know.

Gui Wanqiu's face changed, although she was puzzled, she still believed it.

Liu Xin continued: "As for how to know the relationship between you and Gui Qinchen, in fact, I don't know until you say it yourself. I came to you today because Gui Qinchen died, and it also involved a case in the Imperial City's Imperial Horse Prison, a big Qin case! ”

Hearing the word death, Gui Wanqiu's face changed greatly, and she didn't even pay attention to the Qin case behind. Gui Wanqiu got up suddenly, she pointed at Liu Xin, her eyes were already full of tears, and she stammered in disbelief: "You... What are you talking about... What... What died! ”

Liu Xin sighed, and it took a long time to briefly describe what he could say.

Gui Wanqiu was struck by lightning, and she was stunned on the spot, and she didn't say anything for a long time.

Liu Xin was not in a hurry, and waited quietly for half an hour, Gui Wanqiu was shocked, and woke up from her sluggishness, she seemed to have been drained of her strength, and suddenly fell on the chair, she supported the table with one hand, and looked at Liu Xin:

"He... Who killed him? ”

Liu Xin sighed again and looked at Gui Wanqiu faintly: "The third question you asked me!" It was a pure coincidence that I came to you and saved you, and what is even more coincidental is that the person who killed you and the person who killed Gui Qinchen is likely to be the same people! ”

Gui Wanqiu's body trembled violently again, and she looked at Liu Xin in disbelief.

Liu Xin's fingers began to tap on the table, and said, "I came to you today, my original intention was to find out the truth about the Imperial Horse Prison case. Gui Qinchen's death is related to this case. Solving this case may be able to find the cause of Gui Qinchen's death and the murderer at the same time. Now I need you to tell me everything you know. Oh yes, I know that you are Fan An's wife, and I also know that you have embezzled all the money belonging to the eight people who entered the palace of the Imperial Horse Sect over the years, and I know more than you think, so I hope you can be honest! ”

In the end, Liu Xin's tone was already threatening.