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Chapter 70, Return to Forest City

"The second thing happened in the capital of Shuang Kingdom. Less than twenty years ago, a woman from Qingling Sect overturned half of the streets of the capital with her own strength, causing chaos. She was eventually chased and killed by various masters outside the city. After that, the only news of her death in the capital was unknown, but the reason was unknown, and all masters also broke the point and refused to mention this matter."

While Su Chen was trying hard to speculate on the behind-the-scenes reason, Xinyun said again: "The second year after this incident, Mo Li led his troops into Beizhou."

"What you mean is that Mo Li avenged the woman of the Qingling Sect!"

Su Chen said in surprise.

Xinyun replied lightly: "This is very likely, but it is said that the Ministry of War of Lingguo is not friendly with the Qingling Sect, so it is not certain."

"Then what exactly is the case you are going to investigate?"

Su Chen was a little confused. A peerless master Mo Li and a dead woman from the Qingling Sect, no matter which one, it has nothing to do with Xizhou!

"I got the news that the Qingling Sect woman also has a younger brother who has sneaked into Xizhou recently. My mission this time is to find him and kill him!"

After Su Chen got the answer, he immediately thought about it. He praised Haikou and would definitely come up with a solution, but it is indeed difficult to find a lurking spy in the entire Xizhou area.

Seeing him frowning, Xinyun showed a disdainful smile. She had been secretly investigating in Jiucheng for three days, but she had no gains. She didn't believe that a small chief of the Ministry of Personnel could immediately think of any excellent method.

"Jiucheng is the place with the most people in other countries in Xizhou. It is logically the place where spies are most likely to hide. You should have checked here for a long time, right?"

Xinyun nodded and continued, "I investigated secretly for three days, but found nothing."

Su Chen pondered that it is impossible to make a big fuss when tracing spies. If the identity of the great priest Xinyun is exposed, she will definitely alarm the enemy. As for Xinyun who asks him to help, she most likely wants to use his official identity to do some public investigations.

"It's a bit late tonight. You can rest first. I'll go to the Ministry of Personnel in Jiucheng to check it out tomorrow to see if there will be any gains."

Su Chen felt that it was not a solution to do this, and at the same time, he found that it was getting late, so he spoke. He originally planned to say that we should rest, but it sounded strange, so he changed it to let Xinyun rest first. He was going to go to the yard to find a floor to deal with it.

Xinyun also agreed, but stood up and said, "You can rest in Ye Sheng's house, I'll go to the yard to practice."

After saying that, she walked out of the house without any refutation.

Su Chen was not his mother-in-law's mother. He lay on Ye Sheng's bed and was about to fall asleep. However, he tossed and turned for half a quarter of an hour and could not sleep. So he got up and went to the window, opened a hole, and stared at Xinyun, who was meditating and practicing in the yard.

This time I saw it all night.

The next day, he took Ye Sheng to the Ministry of Personnel to check the information. The embarrassing thing was that the officials of the Ministry of Personnel in Jiucheng only knew Ye Sheng but not Su Chen, and Su Chen did not have a badge to prove his identity. Ye Sheng had also traveled to Jiucheng for the boss's supervisor before, so he became familiar with him. But no matter how familiar he was, he was just a clerk, without an official rank or a official letter, and he could not enter and exit the office of the Ministry of Personnel at will according to the rules.

Su Chen and Xinyun agreed to separate their actions today. He went to investigate openly, and Xinyun investigated secretly, but now he didn't even enter the door.

He had to come to the city gate and wait for Xuan Qi to come back so that he could use the money to redeem the waist card. During this period, he also wanted to ask Ye Sheng to borrow some money, but Ye Sheng had less than twenty taels of silver in total, and he was reluctant to speak to his parents, so he had to wait here.

The two of them stood where they entered the city last night and looked out of the city. There were obviously fewer people coming and going to the wine city during the day. The inspection point at the door became one, and Su Chen was standing near the inspection point. He was worried about how Xuan Qi came in. If Xuan Qi was a little brainy, he should go to his study to write a letter and stamp it with an official seal, and the journey would be smooth. But then he thought, if he had a brain, was it still Xuan Qi?

However, after waiting for an hour, Su Chen thought in his mind that they used the whole day when they came. Although it was not fast, if it was fast, it would take about a day and a half to go back and forth. He looked up at the sun above his head. Although it was already autumn, the sun was still scorching at noon.

"It's time to come, Xuan Qi won't make any trouble for me again, right!"

Su Chen always had an ominous premonition. Will Xuan Qi be leisurely all the way? He hasn't returned to Lincheng yet!

At this time, Ye Sheng patted him and asked him to look back. Su Chen was happy and thought that Xuan Qi was back.

When he looked back, he found that what he saw was a colorful pagoda, which was the direction of Zui Meng Tower. At this moment, all the windows of Zui Meng Tower were open, and the seven-color glass pot inside reflected a brilliant ray of rays in the sun, making the entire wine city look like a dream.

"The Zui Meng Tower is so famous!

While shocked, Su Chen also caught a glimpse of Xinyun's figure at the end of the street.

I thought to myself, it would be ugly if she bumped into this. I have gained nothing until now and haven't even entered the door. How could I be worthy of the Haikou that I boasted last night?

"Brother! I'm back!"

At this moment, Xuan Qi's voice came from behind. Su Chen quickly turned his head and saw that he was being blocked by the soldiers guarding the city and refused to enter the city. Sure enough, as he expected, Xuan Qi did not bring the official letter.

"Brother, go ahead!"

Xuan Qi threw a purse at him. When he opened it, he saw that it was full of silver. Su Chen felt strange. There was not so much cash in his mansion, and it was all silver notes. But now he was not worried about this time. He rushed to Zui Meng Tower and wanted to deliberately avoid Xinyun on the way, but she was still discovered by her.

Xinyun saw that he was in a hurry and the direction was Zui Meng Tower, so she guessed it.

Su Chen successfully changed his waist card and rushed back to the city gate to pick up Xuan Qi.

"Where did your money come from?"

Xuan Qi pretended to be panting and said, "I was galloping all the way, for fear that I would come back late, so you can't let me have a meal and take a break first."

"Stop, your horse doesn't breathe much. You said you are very tired, who would believe it!"

Su Chen noticed that he was lying at first sight.

"Okay, actually, on the way back I met a convoy from Lincheng. I told them that I was from Lingguo and encountered some urgent matters and wanted to ask them to borrow some money."

Su Chen was stunned. Is this guy stupid? Is there a chance of borrowing money like this?

However, Xuan Qi's answer made him confused.

"That group was very happy when they heard that I was from Lingguo. Not to mention that they were so enthusiastic, they invited me to have a meal and drink. Finally, they gave me a bag of silver. After I had enough food and drink, I came back to find you."

Su Chen suddenly thought of something and asked, "What is that group of people's name? What is their identity in Lincheng?"

Xuan Qimo touched his chin and recalled: "It seems that he is called the Hailong Gang, and he is an old force in Lincheng."

Su Chen was suddenly very excited, as if he had found the answer, and he rushed towards Xinyun.

At this moment, Xinyun was drinking tea downstairs of an inn. She has been in teahouses and inns everywhere in the wine city these days. There are so many people in these places that she can find any clues whenever someone else talks.

Su Chen sat down in front of him and said excitedly: "I have news, that person is likely to be in Lincheng!"

"How can I see it?"

"I just took office in Lincheng and found that the management there was lax, officials were ineffective, and there were suspected people from Lingguo, so it was definitely a better hiding place than Jiucheng."

Xinyun looked at him seriously, and a trace of appreciation flashed in her eyes. It was not entirely because of the news of spies, but Su Chen's character. He actually paid attention to Lin Cheng's management and said the inaction of officials. It can be seen that his goal is to be a good official.

"Then let's go to Lincheng."

Xinyun drank a cup of tea in a cool way, stood up and walked towards the city gate. Su Chen followed closely behind with excitement because he saw a cold look in Xinyun's eyes for the first time.

The four of them picked up horses at the city gate and prepared to return to Lincheng.

Xuan Qi complained, "Brother, I just came back, can't you let me take a break?"

Su Chen ignored him and took the lead in leaving the city and galloped all the way.

Late that night, they rushed back to Lincheng.

After the horse stopped, Xuan Qi went crazy. In two days, he rode five horses between Lincheng and Jiucheng! What a sin!
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