Secret Investigation Inner Courtyard, the wooden building where Ru Bohu is located.

When the windows are not open in this wooden building, the light looks very dim.

The tall Cao Qiao, wearing a black spy robe, saw Huo Qubing coming in, and stepped forward to salute: "I've seen Huo Hou!"

Ru Bohu was wearing a secret agent robe with red stripes. He was sitting aside with his hair disheveled. He held a mirror in his left hand and scratched his head with a wooden hairpin in his right hand.

There were no bamboo slips or other objects placed on the low mat in front of him this time, but three bronze mirrors in a row. Judging from the color, they were all old objects, with bronze patterns engraved on the back. The handles of the three mirrors were round, and they seemed to have been played with frequently.<

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Ru Bohu is looking in the mirror and scratching his head, which is a bit surprising. He seems to be in a good mood?

Huo Qubing's nose smelled the faint smell of blood: "Were you injured?"

Cao Qiao: "Yes, I was stabbed in the abdomen."

"Has anyone been caught?"

"Caught one, killed one on the spot, and the other one ran away."

"There was more than one target. We chased the one who escaped for four days, but we didn't catch him."

Cao Qiao explained the process: "In this operation, we went straight to the secret investigation order to analyze the second identity hidden by Yu Yao in Luoyang, that is, Li Qing, the chief secretary of Luoyang Lieutenant."

After I led my people into Luoyang, I went straight to Luoyang Weiguan Posthouse, where Li Qing would handle official duties during the day.

When we went there, he seemed to be alert and was about to retreat, but was blocked by us.

"He was extremely skilled, but he was eventually captured by us."

"After catching the person, I personally took him to his residence, including the place where Yu Yao lived before, and conducted simultaneous searches."

"At that time, we thought we had completed the arrest of Li Qing. Unexpectedly, when we searched his residence, we found a hidden secret room in the mansion, and another Yu invitation, Li Qing, suddenly rushed out of it."

When Huo Qubing came in, he saw that in addition to Ru Bohu and Cao Qiao, there was someone lying on the ground beside him.

Apparently it was Li Qing, the chief clerk of Luoyang Lieutenant, who they captured, also known as Yu Yao.

At this time, Cao Qiao also took out a small round bronze mirror and handed it to Huo Qubing: "Huo Hou, take a look."

Some mirrors that have been refined through magic can seal a small part of the reflected image, and after being activated, it can appear in the mirror.

"I'll do it."

Ru Bohu personally took the mirror from Cao Qiao:

"This is the Shuiyue Mirror, which means the moon reflected in the water. My secret agent will often be equipped with this mirror when he goes on official business."

Ru Bohu activated the mirror, and a scene of a battle suddenly appeared in the mirror. It was very short, and only two or three breaths were preserved.

On one side is a secret agent led by Cao Qiao, as well as sixty forbidden troops.

The other party is a middle-aged man, tall and thin, with an erratic figure and very fast speed.

Through the mirror, Huo Qubing could only roughly see the man's face, which was yellowish, and his eyebrows were long and thin.

The images in the mirror are intertwined, showing that Cao Qiao is fighting with him.

Suddenly, the figure pulled back.

When he broke out of the encirclement and approached the edge of the double siege by the secret reconnaissance and the imperial army, a second figure emerged from the other direction of the battle without any warning. He cooperated with the middle-aged man and attacked from both sides.

The two Imperial Guards and the four secret agents who were blocking the road were kicked to pieces by the middle-aged man who rushed towards them. Even their armors were kicked to pieces by the middle-aged man who rushed towards them, and they fell to the ground with blood spurting all over their bodies.

The two figures emitted a strange cyan halo, which seemed to activate some kind of secret weapon. They immediately broke out of the siege, rose and fell above the building, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"The man we captured is very skilled. He has been fighting with us for a long time. He should be the real master."

Unexpectedly, there was someone hiding in his mansion, and we bumped into him. Among the two people who ran away, the one who was later responsible for the rescue was beheaded on the spot when we chased him, but he was not captured alive.

"Middle-aged man, fleeing."

In Cao Qiao's narration, Huo Qubing looked at the captured figure on the ground.

It was a middle-aged man with a pale face and eyes closed as if he was in a coma.

"We caught him and immediately put a requiem mirror between his eyebrows."

"Three people, the one who escaped left Luoyang. We found some traces and chased him north for three or four days."

Cao Qiao summarized the entire process: "But we were never able to catch him."

Huo Qubing approached the unconscious man on the ground, with a small bronze mirror pressed between his eyebrows.

"This man's spirit has died and he will never wake up again," Ru Bohu said.

"When we arrested him, there was no problem with him. It was only later that we discovered that there was something wrong with his soul."

Cao Qiao recalled: "After he was captured by us, in the afternoon of the next day, his breathing became thinner. After examination, we noticed that his soul was quiet and there was no fluctuation of spiritual thoughts."

Huo Qubing deduced from the time given by Cao Qiao that it happened to be the afternoon when he killed the author.

Could this person be a puppet controlled by the author?

When the writer dies, his soul also becomes silent?

Huo Qubing looked at the carefree Ru Bohu:

"Did the Secret Investigation Order make an important discovery?"

Ru Bohu: "Yes, I have found the real clue about the man in the dark, or the power in the dark."

"This man's soul is dead and it is impossible to wake up again. The secret investigation order has made great gains. Where do the clues come from?" Huo Qubing asked.

A slight smile appeared on Ru Bohu's slender face: "We knew before that people in the dark can influence and control others to work for themselves."

Huo Qubing understood what he meant, thought for a moment, and said: "The secret investigation order means that since the other party is not a single person, there are more directions for investigation."

"The list of twelve people you listed before, who were suspected to be secret agents, did you start again from this direction and made a discovery?"

A slight surprise flashed across Ru Bohu's face, and he said: "Talking to Huo Hou can indeed save a lot of explanation time."

"Exactly."

"Huo Hou, you came back a few days ago and said that you killed someone who could fight with Dao Zun regardless of victory or defeat. I suspect he is the author."

"Now it can be determined that he may be the author, but not all, and the power behind it has not been completely eliminated."

Ru Bohu said: "I asked people to thoroughly check the list of twelve people again, including some people who had contact with them, and made some very interesting discoveries."

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Huo Qubing sat down aside and glanced at the three mirrors placed in front of Ru Bohu unconsciously.

The three mirrors are all facing up, and you can vaguely see a halo coming out of the gap between the mirror and the low seat.

"I compared these people who could be suspected, and found that half of them served as bookkeepers in various places, and some were pen clerks."

"And the cities where these people work are almost all important towns or border crossings in various places. During the initial investigation, I also had problems within the secret investigation. These key information was adjusted and concealed, and it was not discovered at the time."

Ru Bohu finished his words and looked at Huo Qubing:

"The official rank of the chief registrar may not seem high, but he is the person responsible for sending, receiving, and recording various files. He has access to almost all incoming and outgoing information in the place."

Huo Qubing followed Ru Bohu's train of thought and was clarifying his own judgment:

"They are monitoring or analyzing what is happening in various places by sending and receiving messages from these important cities."

And because of the location of the city where these people are dormant, if their messages are connected, it is possible to form a relatively complete message chain and infer what important changes are taking place in our Han Dynasty? Yu.

"That's right."

Ru Bohu: "For example, if grain comes in and out of the city where they are located, by comparing the transportation direction, the direction of the grain can be judged. If it is transported to Beiguan, it proves that the border gate is preparing grain for war."

Even based on the distribution of grain reserves, the defense deployment of Beiguan can be roughly analyzed.

"Where there is more food, there will be more troops, and vice versa."

The most powerful thing about the secret man's layout is that he never shows up, relying entirely on influencing and using others, in an extremely obscure way.

Even if there is a problem in a certain link, the tail can be cut off quickly and there will be no trace left.

It is also very unexpected that the other party analyzed the changes in various places and even the Han Dynasty through the master books and writers who were in charge of record files in important cities.

Huo Qubing asked Cao Qiao: "You said that the person who escaped has been fleeing north after leaving Luoyang?"

"Yes, I suspect he wants to go to Beiguan, or escape directly from Beiguan and go to areas controlled by foreign tribes such as Xiongnu or Wuhuan."

"Hongnu?"

Huo Qubing pondered: "If the one who ran away is Yu Yao, there is no news about his son Yu Chu?"

"No, since Yu Yao has a problem, Yu Chu must also have a problem, and he probably won't show up again."

"I haven't finished the clues here yet."

"After finding out the controlled registrants and clerks in various places, and converting the effects into causes, we can roughly deduce the real goal of the secret person."

Ru Bohu said in a deep voice: "Although the other party is plotting secretly, the goal has always been very clear, which is to cause turmoil in my big man."

"Then the most important thing for them is to contact the Huns and borrow their troops to turn these arrangements into goals and realize their value."

"They analyzed the various changes that have taken place in our Han Dynasty, and ultimately they want to push the Xiongnu to break through the border and disrupt our Han territory!"
To be continued...