Chapter 1193: Suspicious Situation (Part II)
"I've also heard about the attack on Qingmo Villa by the 'Canghuan Sect'......" Chatai Dordun continued, "It is said that it was a premeditated invasion even earlier. Fortunately, most of the disciples of Qingmo Villa were fine, so they took precautions in advance and moved all of them to a safe place......"
"Master Fang Zhuang and they are indeed safe, not only that, but after 'hiding', they also took the initiative to secretly investigate the purpose and identity of the 'Canghuan Sect' members, and later rescued me and others from the 'Mingfu ......Sect' riot several times," Sun Yun continued, "Now the Dong Yu brothers are staying in the Lai Yungong Bureau, because they have something important to inform me, so they accompanied us back to Dadu, but they didn't want to encounter the 'Mingfu Sect' riots......"
"All my subordinates heard was the result of the attack on Qingmo Villa......" Chatai Dordun calmed down for a while, and then asked, "Since you are the one who came later, do you know the purpose of the 'Canghuan Sect' attack on Qingmo Villa?"
"After this Ah Guang and I met, did you tell me about it......" Sun Yun remembered that after he and the others reunited with Ren Guang, Ren Guang and himself mentioned something about this, and said slowly, "Although I can't be very sure, but from many inquiries and speculations, the purpose of the 'Canghuan Sect' is not in Qingmo Villa, but in the Mengyuan Imperial Court-"
"Oh, what do you say—" Chattai Dorton asked.
"According to the owner of Fang Zhuang, before the 'Canghuan Sect' attacked Qingmo Villa, the imperial court had sent officials to send a tax chapter to the villa...... "Sun Yun said calmly with his eyes, "What is recorded on that chapter is information about the imperial court tax in the entire first half of the year, and after the people of the 'Canghuan Sect' invaded Qingmo Villa, there is no more whereabouts of that chapter......
"Then how can you be so sure that the purpose of the 'Canghuan Sect' is that chapter?" Chatai Dordu asked after thinking about it.
"It's not that I'm sure, it's Ah Guang who said that...... Sun Yun Zhenzhen replied, "Master Fang Zhuang mentioned that when there was a riot in the capital five years ago, there were insiders in the 'Canghuan Sect' who mastered a large number of court secrets, and they used this as a political threat to fight against the court for a long time, and it was not until you and your master led the troops to suppress the turmoil that the situation eased slightly......
"Was the riot five years ago......" Thinking of the memories of his "scenery" five years ago, Tchatel Dordun couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
"However, just half a year ago, after I knocked you down and crippled, your status in the family plummeted, and the local sects led by the 'Canghuan Sect' have 'revived'......" Sun Yun continued, "This is this place, Ah Guang has emphasized, the 'Canghuan Sect' still holds unknown court secrets in its hands, so there are still threatening movements...... The imperial court also seemed to have secretly sensed something, and was afraid that most of the secrets would not be guaranteed, so they transferred some important information to hide it in Qingmo Villa......"
"Because Qingmo Villa was supported by the imperial court, although he is in the position of martial arts, he is still in the hands of the imperial court......" Chatai Dordun silently followed, "But I don't understand, why didn't the imperial court put such an important secret in the imperial city of Dadu, but transferred it to Qingmo Villa outside the city, wouldn't it be more dangerous?"
"If you really want to explain, there is only one possibility......" Sun Yun closed his eyes slightly, and then said seriously, "The imperial court has already noticed that within the imperial court, there are internal ghosts of the 'Canghuan Sect', and it is even more unsafe to keep secrets by your side——"
"The court has already noticed this, isn't it......" The further he said, the more strange things became, and he replied in a condensed voice.
"But the people of the 'Canghuan Sect' still knew, and they attacked Qingmo Villa unknowingly...... Sun Yun continued to say tightly, "If their purpose is really that official document of the imperial court, then the most likely thing is that there are really ghosts hidden in the imperial court, who learned the secret of the official seal transferred to Qingmo Villa, and then informed their own people......"
"Are you sure?," said Chatai Dordun cautiously, again in the court of the 'Canghuan Sect'...... asked cautiously.
"There must be, you can't be wrong!" Sun Yun said firmly, "I once followed them once, there are two people from the 'Canghuan Sect', who can use official sign language to deal with each other......" Sun Yun remembered that when he was in Kurong Town, he had found two people who were suspected of being officials, and he also followed them all the way to find the lair of the "Canghuan Sect".
"In this area, the only people who can use official sign language are the court officials who live in the capital and are old......" Chatai Dordun listened to it, and his eyes fluttered, "This can't be wrong, among the court officials, there are really ghosts of the 'Canghuan Sect', if you don't eradicate it in time to find out the truth, I'm afraid the consequences will be unimaginable......" As he spoke, Chatai Dordun had a bad premonition.
"What about you......" Sun Yun's tone changed, and he turned around and asked, "Didn't you come to me to tell you something important......?
"The reason why I mentioned this to you first is because of the relationship between the 'Canghuan Sect', they hold the secrets of the imperial court, and they are secretly making trouble......" Chatai Dordun said in a condensed voice, "And what I want to tell you happens to be somewhat related, involving secrets within the imperial court......"
"What's the matter?" Sun Yun immediately asked.
"It's some suspicious points that I found a few months ago, and I found some clues in the library, and the matter dates back to eight years ago......" Chatai Dordun slowly elaborated, "You grew up in Bianliang, and you probably know better than me...... Eight years ago, there was a strange incident in Bianliang, have you heard of it?"
"Eight years ago...... Shouldn't you mean the 'strange thing' of the disappearance or death of a large number of officials......" Sun Yun asked quietly.
"That's the thing—" Chatai Dorton replied immediately, "the strange incident that happened in Bianliang eight years ago -- more than 80 officials, big and small, disappeared or died overnight, which was called 'the night of bad omens' ......by everyone."
"This matter was mentioned when Juan'er talked about her father, her father was a salt official before his death, and her impression should be deeper than mine......" Sun Yun remembered the relevant mentions, and said in response, "But Juan'er herself can't remember clearly, what happened in Bianliang that day......
"The incident eight years ago had ......a great impact," Chatai Dordun continued, "After the incident, Wang Gubu, the governor of Bianliang, sent someone to report the news to the imperial court, which even caused panic for a while, and within half a year the Bianliang government was close to decadence, so that the economic income was unprecedentedly stagnant, and there was even a rebellion, which was suppressed by the army before it was quelled......
"Is it so serious?" Sun Yun was surprised when he heard this.
"Of course, at that time, many people in Bianliang knew about this matter......" Chatai Dordun's expression was calm, and then his eyes were calm, "But what I have to tell you next is something that outsiders don't know, the secrets within the imperial court——"
"Hmm......" Sun Yun's eyes couldn't help but tighten when he heard this.
Chatai Dordun relieved his nerves, and gradually elaborated: "Half a year after the Bianliang incident subsided, the imperial court intended to investigate the inside story related to it, after all, the impact was not small after the fact, and there were warlord riots in various places at the beginning, and Bianliang was subordinate to the southern political stronghold...... The imperial court intended to send the general to investigate the matter, but soon after, the general was assassinated by unknown persons......"
"What ?——" Hearing this, Sun Yun was like a thunderbolt from the sky, and asked in shock, "Someone assassinated the imperial court official, or was it in such a tense situation at that time?"
"Yes, you should have guessed that......" Tchatai Dordun nodded, and said with a hint, "The person who assassinated the general must have known about this in advance, and in order to hide something, he hired and sent assassins to kill him...... According to the original investigation, General Yi Yi died at the hands of a martial arts master, and the martial arts factions were incompatible with the Mengyuan Imperial Court at that time, if this is linked, it is not impossible for someone to take advantage of this relationship to secretly make trouble......
"Was this general of the Imperial Court very high in power at that time?" Sun Yun thought for a moment and asked with his chin propped up.
"He had a lot of contacts in the imperial court, especially in the Bianliang area...... "and it was for this reason that the imperial court sent him south to investigate the matter......
"Bianliang is very familiar with the connections, right? If it was done by relevant people in Bianliang, it would be impossible to predict the arrangements for the 'Southern Tour' in advance......," Sun Yun pondered while analyzing, "Most likely, the people here in Dadu got the news in advance and wanted to secretly murder General Yi Yi, so they contacted Bianliang's internal ...... one step in advance."
"You guessed it—" Chatai Dordun smiled knowingly and continued, "At that time, there was a disagreement on the part of the imperial court regarding the southern tour of the general......
"What do you mean?" Seeing that there seemed to be an inside story in this, Sun Yun couldn't wait to ask.
"Sending General Hu Yi to the south to investigate, in fact, this matter was decided by the officials of ......the imperial court when they jointly wrote to the emperor," Chatai Dordun continued, "but there were also opposing voices in the court, using the 'threat of martial artists' as an excuse to oppose the southern tour of the general Hu Yi Assassin - therefore, the court was divided into two factions, one was the majority of the support faction headed by the father, and the other was the minority opposition led by Zuo Yuqiu......
"The support faction is in the majority, so the plan for the southern tour remains unchanged......" Sun Yun couldn't help muttering when he heard this, "But they really made them right, General Yi Yi did die at the hands of unknown martial artists......
"This matter remains a ......mystery to this day," continued Tatei Dorton, "and I bring it up because it is a matter of secrecy within the imperial court, after all, the disappearance of a large number of Bianliang officials at that time also directly led to the loss of imperial secrets...... Today's mention of the 'Canghuan Sect' seems to be somewhat related to this, so do you think ......?"
"You mean...... What happened eight years ago may have something to do with the people of the 'Canghuan Sect'?" Sun Yun asked tentatively.
"My master once mentioned to me that the riots of five years ago had signs and signs three years earlier...... It's probably not a coincidence that it's been exactly eight years......" Chatai Dordun reminded.
"If that's the case, maybe ......" Sun Yun lowered his head and pondered for a while, as if he had thought of a key doubt.
"What are you thinking?" Looking at Sun Yun puzzled but looking like a bright light, Chatai Dordun couldn't help but ask.
"I'm thinking that the officials who opposed the investigation of General Zhu Yi ......," Sun Yun muttered, "If you want to assassinate General Zhu Yi, you have to know the confidential movements of Dadu in advance, so among the people who were advised by the ministers at the beginning, the most likely to leak the news...... Among those who supported the father, there was no reason to assassinate them, and those who opposed it, but they also said that they had the end of the assassination of General Yi Yi by the master of martial arts......"
"And what do you think?" asked Tchatel Dordun continued.
"There is also a possibility that they knew that the persuasion would not succeed, so they hired a fierce martial arts master, which led to the ...... of this result," Sun Yun continued, "The disappearance of the officials in Bianliang eight years ago must have hidden a huge conspiracy...... In order to protect themselves, they will definitely try their best to stop it, and if they can't stop it, they will kill the killer - if I guess correctly, Zuo Yuqiu, the leading official at the beginning, may be very suspicious......"
"But now there is a problem, Zuo Yuqiu resigned and went into hiding...... "Before Sun Yun finished speaking, Chatai Dordun suddenly added.
"What did you say, go into hiding?——" Hearing this, Sun Yun was also surprised.
"Yes, if you suspect that he leaked secrets in the court, it should be unlikely by now......" Chatai Dordun said a little helplessly, "It's a pity that he has not been heard from since he resigned soon after." If you doubt him, it seems that there are many contradictions, after all, after the death of General Yi Yi, the imperial court also regretted that it did not listen to his advice......
"Damn, if you go on like this, your train of thought will be broken again......" When Sun Yun heard this, he couldn't help but beat his hands unwillingly.
"However, there was a 'little incident' in the midst of this...... "Chatai Dordun turned, "and there was a theft of the imperial treasury shortly after the death of the general...... At that time, his father personally sent people to hunt down and bring the thieves to justice, but he didn't expect that the culprit was Zuo Yuqiu's son Zuo Zixu...... On the night of the pursuit, the officers and soldiers inadvertently cornered his son, who fell from the top of a tower several stories high and died directly...... In the speech, it was said that it was precisely because of this incident that Lord Zuo regretted his resignation......"
"That's it......" The clue froze again, and Sun Yun was distressed on the side.
"It seems that at present, there are only these clues that can be found about the 'unsolved case of the imperial court' and the 'Canghuan Sect'......" Chatai Dordun said helplessly, "I'll tell you these things today, if there is still progress, maybe you can know something......"
"No, I have another clue here!" However, Sun Yun's eyes suddenly became determined, and he turned around.
"What?" Chatai Dordun couldn't help but turn his head and question as he listened to Sun Yun's resolute tone.
"I said I had another clue here—" Sun Yun replied as he took out an inconspicuous note from his waist......