Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, stopped laughing when he saw Xiaoli's body falling forward.

Instead, there was a flurry of sighs.

"Lord Wang, why did he lie down?"

The two asked.

"He was tired and wanted to sleep. ”

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, said.

The two nodded.

Fang Cai's eleven knives were indeed exhausted of strength and effort.

Tiredness is also a matter of course.

However, what King Zhenbei said next surprised everyone.

"Just where he is asleep, build him a tomb. Bury it in place...... The tombstone should be larger and a little more imposing. ”

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, continued.

"He's dead?"

The two asked incredulously.

The other four worshippers and sixteen palanquin bearers also stepped forward.

"He's dead. ”

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, said.

"Lord Wang, he doesn't have a single scar around him......"

A royal palace worshipper said after inspecting the body.

"Three inches below the back of the head. ”

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, said.

The palace worshipper was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then picked up Xiaoli's body and began to look for it.

Sure enough, in the position that Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, said, he saw a silver needle as thin as a cow's hair.

This silver needle is no different from what is used in ordinary days.

It's just a little more slender.

"Protect the prince!"

The royal palace worshipper held the silver needle in his hand and looked around nervously.

Xiao Li was actually killed with a slender silver needle in full view of everyone on the way to run.

Letting a person die is often to cover up something.

No matter how much you know, as long as you die, it won't help.

"You don't have to...... People are gone!"

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, raised his hand and said.

"Could it be that the prince has seen it before?"

The royal priest asked.

"What do you see?"

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, raised his head and asked.

"See the man who made the assassination. ”

The palace worship said.

I thought that the two people standing at the head of the bridge, carrying lanterns, were assassins.

Unexpectedly, Xiaoli was a traitor.

And now the traitor has been killed by a real assassin.

King Zhenbei thought about things along the way, and felt a little headache.

He felt that he should have died clearly.

If these people only want money.

So why not find a big casino, a big bank?

The silver in those places may be more than four million taels.

And the nature is also different.

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, didn't know what the other party's real purpose was.

But he already knew that the other party's means were very high.

Even Xiao Li, who has followed him for many years, can be taken under his command after being rebelled against and work for him.

That drove a martial arts master who specializes in secret weapons is no problem.

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, made a short walk on the steps of the stone bridge, then got up and walked towards his palanquin.

"Let's go back. I remember that Xiaoli died tragically for the sake of escort...... What a man of loyalty!"

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, sat in the sedan chair and said.

When the people outside heard this, they all nodded.

Although this statement is diametrically opposed to what actually happened.

But sometimes concealing the truth is also a form of protection.

not only protected the people in the royal city, but also protected the face of Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei.

He had long wondered if it could be done by the steppe people.

Because the border army's salary was robbed, the first beneficiary was the grassland royal court on the other side of the royal domain.

But now this idea of Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, is beginning to waver a little......

Although the steppe people are strong.

On the battlefield, it is often possible to defeat two or even three enemies.

But there would never be such a scheming mind to plan such a complex and sophisticated event.

Even if it was really robbed by the steppe people.

The grassland people who went deep into the Zhenbei King Domain must have been used as gunmen.

Returned to the palace.

The first thing Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, did was to announce the lifting of the street cleaning order.

Let the entire royal city instantly restore its bustling prosperity.

The second thing is to announce the news of Xiaoli's death.

This has cast another layer of gloom over the entire royal city......

After doing these two things, he felt a little tired.

I think about more things today than I have accumulated over the years.

It's no wonder he doesn't fit in.

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, was on the throne of his palace for a moment, and then got up and prepared to go to the apse.

At this moment, a person walked in quickly.

"Lord Wang!"

When this person saw Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, who had just gotten up, he hurriedly bowed and saluted and said.

This hall was built in the shade.

At this time, although the sunlight is strong, it does not shine through.

There was not a single light in the temple.

Therefore, the man's face was a little unclear.

However, the people who can freely enter and exit this palace are all people who are extremely close to Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei.

He could tell from the other person's voice and footsteps who it was.

But you don't need to see your face clearly.

"Sun Deyu, are you back so soon?"

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, said.

The person who came was none other than someone else.

It was Sun Deyu, one of the three worshippers he sent to check the whereabouts of the silver.

"Back to the prince, I just arrived. ”

Sun Deyu said respectfully.

"Sit down and talk......"

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, said.

His tone was very helpless.

Because he didn't want to hear Sun Deyu say a word at all.

But you have to have an attitude in everything you do.

It's one thing to listen or not, and it's another thing to listen or not.

If he is still lazy now, it will inevitably chill these subordinates who are working hard before and after.

So he had to listen.

Even if you can't listen, you have to sit on the throne and wait for the other party to finish speaking.

Among these royal offerings, his least favorite is Sun Deyu.

It's not because this person is bad.

It's because he speaks to people who sound like chewing wax......

In order to make a sentence clear, it will be said three or four times before refusing to stop.

At the beginning, Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, still had the heart to correct him.

Even when he speaks, he takes the initiative to ask questions, hoping to speed up the progress.

Unexpectedly, this question made the other party more cautious.

I almost stayed out for so many days, and I said what I ate for three meals.

However, Sun Deyu's martial arts cultivation and ability to do things are among the best in the palace.

encountered such a major event, but he couldn't stop him from going out.

After thinking about it, I can only endure it...... There is no other way.

"Lord Wang, the Investigation Department of the Central Capital has intervened!"

Sun Deyu said.

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, was shocked when he heard this!

He was not surprised by the intervention of the Investigation Division of the Central Capital.

But Sun Deyu turned out to be unusual, and the first sentence of the straight knife said the key point.

You must know that Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, has adjusted the most comfortable posture on the throne.

Just waiting for Sun Deyu to start from leaving Wangcheng by himself, and tell the story of those dogs pulling sheep intestines in the past few days......

"Zhongdu Investigation Division?"

Why did they learn so quickly?

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, asked.

Although he knew that there was a station building of the Investigation Division where the silver was robbed.

The head of this station building, Dong Yisheng, has been killed by Jing Yao.

But the body was found by Sun Deyu and his party.

And it has been reported to the Central Capital Investigation Division.

This matter is also clear to Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei.

But neither Liu Jinghao, the king of Qingzhong, nor the Central Investigation Division have yet to reply.

How to talk about the word involvement?

"In the town where the silver was plundered, I met a man. But she used to be the director of the Investigation Division, but a few years ago she left the Investigation Division and roamed the rivers and lakes under the pseudonym of Yuedi. ”

Sun Deyu said.

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, was even more worried after hearing this......

He knows the establishment of the Central Investigation Department very well.

There were only two governors.

In the Investigation Division, it is second only to Wei Qilin, the head of the Investigation Division.

"How did you meet him?"

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, asked.

"This ...... This...... After this person is known as Yuedi, he has an old relationship with the dog. ”

Wang Ye's sentence happened to ask Sun Deyu the most embarrassing.

He has always been frank, but he is struggling.

"Go on!"

When Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, saw the appearance of Sun Deyu, he knew that there must be some stories that made him unspeakable.

He didn't want to embarrass his subordinates.

So he smiled lightly and brushed it off.

He also beckoned the attendant to bring two jugs of wine.

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, does not like to drink.

The strange thing is that every time he sees Sun Deyu, he wants to drink......

However, Sun Deyu has never drunk a drop of alcohol.

Only when there is a great happy event, will I pour half a cup and talk about my heart.

Why should two people who don't drink alcohol serve alcohol?

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, didn't know why this was so.

He only thinks that sometimes sober people are too persistent and don't know how to be romantic at all......

How good it is to be drunk, look at this world in a blur, and sad things can be much lighter.

"And there are two young people beside Yunwen, who I think they also have some relationship with the Investigation Division. ”

Sun Deyu continued.

"A few days ago, when I was fishing in the Red Goose Pond, I felt a disturbance in the direction of the robbery. Do you know what's going on?"

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, asked.

"It's a rhyme...... Out of the sword opened a ray of heaven...... almost stepped into the cultivation of the Heavenly God Yao Kyushu. ”

Sun Deyu said.

"This rhyme is amazing! Why didn't it work out in the end?"

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, was interested.

She ...... I gave it up myself. There's a secret in this......"

Sun Deyu thought about it for a long time, and finally told the past of Yunwen and his son.

After saying that, he kept his head down.

The gaze can no longer look directly.

The wine has been served.

Sun Deyu looked down at the wine glass, but poured himself a full glass, raised his head and drank it all.

When he finished drinking this glass of wine, he saw that Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, was also holding a wine glass.

Tears glistened in his eyes.

"Alas...... She is a strange woman in the world!"

Shangguan Xuyao actually sighed.

Before I knew it, I drank several glasses in a row.

After coming back to my senses, I felt that I had lost some of my temper.

Hurriedly restrained his expression.

The body that was slumped on the throne was also straightened.

Then Yun Wen and the two young men left. Looking at the direction, it should have gone to Yangwen Town. ”

Sun Deyu said.

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, nodded.

Although Yangwen Town is not the closest town to the place where the silver was robbed, within a radius of 100 miles, there is only one place in Yangwen Town where the Investigation Division Station is located.

And the head of the investigation division station building in Yangwen Town is still a secretary.

"There is another thing to report to the prince!"

Sun Deyu put down the wine glass and said.

"What?"

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, felt that what happened next must be very unusual.

Because Sun Deyu suddenly became solemn from Fang Cai's embarrassment.

"The Chill Man has appeared...... It's in Yangwen Town. It was the birthday banquet of Jin Peng, the head of the station building of the Investigation Division of Yangwen Town. The Chill Lantern Man and his granddaughter appeared at the birthday banquet. ”

Sun Deyu said.

"Cold Lantern Man, why is my Zhenbei Domain so lively recently......"

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, shook his head.

The grassland people, the Zhongdu Investigation Division, the cold lamp people.

and the dead Xiaoli.

Just by looking at the past, there were four different forces surrounding the robbery of the four million military salaries and silver on both sides of the Zhenbei Royal Domain.

This is not counting, he himself shook the people of the Northern Domain.

Shangguan Xuyao pondered for a long time and told Sun Deyu about Xiaoli's death.

At the same time, let him shoulder Xiaoli's previous position.

He is in charge of all the trivial and complicated things in the palace and the royal city.

Sun Deyu wanted to refuse.

Whether it's genuine or polite.

The prince has entrusted a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, and he has to resign.

But Shangguan Xuyao waved his hand.

He got up and lifted his legs, and left the main hall.

Seeing his own prince, he was not in a hurry at all.

Sun Deyu had no choice but to sigh deeply.

He was going to Xiaoli's mansion.

People are dead, but things are still there.

You might be able to find out what you can do.

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, did not stop until he walked into the garden outside the apse.

Originally, even in the palace, he had to make a sedan chair.

But today, I suddenly felt that walking felt pretty good.

The leg script is just more and more sensitive.

Shangguan Xuyao was originally a martial artist who specialized in leg techniques, but he was extremely unwilling to move his legs.

This is also an extremely rare thing.

In the garden outside the apse, there is a stage.

He had already decided that he must listen to the play when he comes back today.

Let them go and do their work outside.

There are always people who can't help but jump out first.

Especially after knowing that the Central Capital Investigation Division had intervened, it made him feel more calm.

If it were another prince, he might still have some bitterness about the Investigation Division.

After all, no one wants such a nail to be firmly nailed in their own royal domain.

But this is not the case with Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei.

On the contrary, he likes the Central Investigation Division very much.

He even asked Liu Jinghao, the king of Qingzhong, to build a few more stations in the Zhenbei King Domain, and he paid for it.

Because he felt that the existence of the Zhongdu Investigation Division had saved him a lot of things.

For example, this time the silver was robbed.

Isn't it that the Central Capital Investigation Division is more prescient than his people?

Moreover, there was a provincial building chief who died.

In public and private, the Investigation Department has to be investigated to the end.

When the time comes, I will find out, and then I will take the people to the end of the mighty and say thank you!

Isn't it just that everything is okay and the world is peaceful?

Thinking of this, because of Xiaoli's feeling of being killed, the clouds suddenly dispersed, and he became extremely relaxed.

Next to the stage, the two people carrying lanterns were already waiting around them.

"What are you following me for?"

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, asked.

"Protect you. ”

One said.

"I'm afraid you'll die. ”

Another said.

"I'm alive and well, how can I die?"

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, said angrily and with a smile.

These two brothers were indeed martial arts masters he had secretly cultivated.

But in addition to cultivating martial arts, it didn't let them know too much about this world......

So whoever you speak to, it's so blunt and direct.

Even to his master, Shangguan Xuyao is no exception.

"Xiaoli is also alive and well in front of him...... But it is also said that death is death. ”

One said.

"Okay, okay...... You must protect me! If I die, I'll haunt you both!"

Shangguan Xuyao said.

But he didn't want to argue with the brothers anymore.

It's just that he suddenly felt that the people around him were like wood......

It's very dull, inflexible, and not interesting.

When Xiaoli is here, he can still make adjustments.

But now he's dead.

In place of him, it was Sun Deyu, who was not much better than these two brothers.

This palace is about to become a stagnant altar.

But it made Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, extremely headache.

But the men's fears are not unfounded.

When the actors on the stage began to sing, Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, drank tea and listened with relish.

The teacup in his hand was suddenly shattered by a marble.

This marble, the ability to calculate the time, to break the teacup when the lips of Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, were pressed against the rim of the cup.

Unexpectedly, Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, stopped halfway up his hand.

But for this moment, the marbles have been shot and cannot be changed.

But the strange thing is that Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, seems to be deliberately pandering.

After a pause, he quickly raised his hand and the teacup in his hand.

At the same time, his head tilted to the side a few points.

In this way, the tea soup after the teacup is broken will not splash his head and face.

The ball continued to gain momentum after shattering the teacup.

Keep shooting towards the goalpost behind you.

The doorposts are wooden.

The bottom is wrapped with a layer of copper.

The marble pierced through the copper, punching a bowl-sized hole in the bottom of the doorpost.

"Tut-tut...... That's amazing!"

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, looked at the big hole and said.

The two brothers had already chased after the trajectory of the steel balls.

In the blink of an eye, it disappeared in the rockery behind the stage.

"Turn the tiger away from the mountain!"

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, said.

He even applauded.

With applause, a man walked out from the other side of the stage.

"It's just that I'm not just surrounded by tigers all the time. ”

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, looked at the man with a smile and said.

A figure suddenly sprang out from behind him.

It's a woman.

The waist is slender, like a water snake.

Holds a long whip.

For a while, it was impossible to tell whether this woman was more like a snake or a long whip more like a snake.

It all happened between the lights and the fire.

The long whip in the woman's hand had already reached out and rolled towards the man's neck.

However, the Assassin was apparently extremely familiar with the guards around Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei.

I saw the shadow of the whip flickering.

Immediately raise the blade and stand sideways in front of you.

In this way, if the woman's whip were drawn to his neck, it would be cut off by the blade at once.

waited for work at ease, but let this woman fall into the net.

But what he didn't expect was that the long whip in the woman's hand was not a leather whip.

Rather, it is an iron whip twisted from soft iron wire.

The welt was wrapped around his blade.

Far from being cut off.

Instead, they completely trapped him.

The woman pulled her strength.

And the man flew like a kite.

"Who did you just say is the tiger?"

The woman's hand was slanted at Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, and said.

"I am ......"

Shangguan Xuyao said with a smile.

laughed a little anxiously, but coughed twice.

No matter how strong a woman is, she doesn't want to be called a tiger.

You can say that a woman's waist is like a water snake and her temperament is like a kitten.

You can describe a woman with any animal other than a tiger.

But even tigers can't.

Because tigress has not been a good word since ancient times.

Although it's not a scolding, it will always make a woman feel very uncomfortable.

Originally, the commonality of women should be what you say, but I have to do it the other way around.

Men's frivolity is only in youth.

A woman's rebellion is a lifelong thing.

After all, this duplicity and uncertainty are their main spirit.

But only the word tigress is very detached......

If you say that a woman is a tigress, then whether she is or not, she will definitely turn into a man-eating tiger in the next moment.

I don't do it the other way around, I turn into a well-behaved kitten.

At present, this woman's attitude towards Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, doesn't it explain everything?

But after saying this, the woman's face changed abruptly.

Because the power of the long whip in her hand was too frivolous.

Not at all the weight of a person!

When I pulled it down, I saw only one piece of clothing and a steel knife.

"The golden cicada is out of its shell!"

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, looked at the clothes that fell to the ground and said.

"Just how many words do you have?"

The woman said angrily.

"It's not that there are many words, but it's true!"

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, spread his hands helplessly and said.

Then he turned around and let the drama on the stage, which had shrunk into a ball of fear, continue to sing.

"My life is almost gone, and I still have the heart to listen to the play?"

The woman stood behind him and said mockingly.

"You say...... Who is more anxious about a person who is killed, or a person who kills people?"

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, changed his teacup, took a sip of tea and said.

"I don't know. Let's be in a hurry. ”

The woman thought carefully and said.

"Wrong! Of course, people are more anxious when they kill people! And they are the most anxious to kill without dying!"

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, slapped the table and said.

"Why is that?"

The woman asked, tilting her head.

"Because I already know that someone is going to kill me, why should I be in a hurry? If you can't hit it, you still have a backhand. If you can't do it twice, you have to prepare for the third and fourth times, who do you say is more anxious?"

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, said.

"That's right...... But you don't think about how to fight back?"

The woman asked.

"My counterattack is to brake with static. Open the door, shine brightly, and wait. ”

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, said.

"With static braking, you have to figure out the details of the other party!"

The woman asked, frowning.

"Those things...... It's too much of a brain to think about. If you check it, it will make a storm in the city. Since they're targeting me alone, why don't I just wait honestly?"

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, said.

"Aren't you afraid that you're really dead?"

The woman asked with a smile.

"I'm afraid...... But when I was a child, my family told me that I would live to be at least eighty-eight years old. ”

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, said.

"I didn't see you being so superstitious......"

The woman pursed her lips and said.

"I'm not superstitious. Or rather, I'm only superstitious about what I want to believe. ”

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, also smiled.

He also took out a letter from the placket of his coat.

"Help me send this letter to Sun Deyu. ”

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, said.

This letter was written by him on the way back to the palace in a sedan chair after Xiaoli's death.

Without the assassination, this letter would be useless.

But now that it has happened, what is stated in this letter becomes even more important.

And the way of writing a letter is also an excellent way to communicate with Sun Deyu that Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei.

Although writing is much more troublesome than speaking......

But for people like Sun, this is the most efficient way.

"Aren't you afraid that if I leave, the man will go and come back?"

The woman asked after taking the letter.

"At least he'll have to find a new dress to come, and he'll definitely be much slower than you can deliver. ”

Shangguan Xuyao, the king of Zhenbei, said.

After speaking, he continued to concentrate on watching the play.

It's strange to say.

He doesn't like Sun Deyu to say a sentence several times, but he likes to listen to the drama and sing a sentence out of a cup of tea.

It seems that all he doesn't like is repetition.

As long as the next word is fresh.

Even if it comes late.

This loose prince also has the patience to wait.