After practicing at home all night, in the early morning of the next day, I was disturbed by the noise of renovations in the palace.

The construction of the palace is still going on. Only half of the huge palace has been repaired, and there is still half left. It is estimated that it will take about seven or eight days to complete.

Liu Xia looked at the sunlight coming in, and couldn't help but think of the mission assigned by the emperor, and felt a slight headache.

The case of the Onmyoji Association seems to be clear at a glance, but when I came back last night and asked Zhang Zong, I realized that the matter was far more complicated than you thought.

Zhang Zong is just the bottom layer of this large profit chain. Although he is directly responsible for the buying and selling of elixirs, they only have one layer of profit left, and all the remaining money is handed over to a local trading house.

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As for that trading house, it is unknown. It is estimated that after what happened yesterday, that trading company may disappear from the world.

That trading house was probably just here to launder money. As for the final flow of the money, I'm afraid only the real owner can know.

As for those bosses, Zhang Zong had never seen them before. They were like a fog with so many shadows that it was impossible to see who was behind the scenes.

Liu Xia washed herself, changed her clothes, and went out of the room. At this moment, Liu Xia suddenly felt that the noise outside the door seemed to be much quieter today.

I couldn't help but feel a little curious.

At this time, I saw Dabao, with a sad face and slumped shoulders, walking over energetically.

"Brother, what happened to you today?"

Liu Xia asked curiously.

"Oh, don't mention it. The poor monk had woken up early today and was preparing to continue accepting alms from the dignitaries of Longdu. But who would have thought that when he opened the door, there was not even a human figure. A person appeared out of nowhere.

Heaping up imperial guards, wouldn't this cut off the poor monk's financial path?"

Dabao said with a long sigh.

Liu Xia knew that the imperial guards assigned to him by the emperor had arrived.

This is part of the emperor's imperial edict.

Knowing that Liu Xia currently has no one in his hands, no power, and no one to help him investigate such a case, how can it be completed?

The Royal Guards are the emperor's trusted troops. Most of the former Royal Guards were princes and sons of princes and the sons of dukes with outstanding military exploits.

Since the Tianji Dynasty started martial arts, most of the imperial guards were civilians who were born in martial arts.

In this way, it is suspected to ensure the safety of the palace.

After all, these civilians have no family background and will be more loyal to the emperor.

"Brother, don't worry. What happened before was just a drizzle. What we do next is a big deal. When the time comes, you will make the profit."

After saying that, Liu Xia walked towards the door.[

When we arrived outside the gate, it was as expected.

About five hundred imperial guardsmen have already placed the entire palace under martial law.

The Yulin Army was the emperor's imperial guard. Those who wanted to curry favor with Liu Xia were naturally frightened away when they saw this formation.

"My subordinates Liu Liansheng and Tong Dawei are here to serve as deputy capital commanders."

As soon as they went out, they saw Liu Liansheng and Tong Dawei waiting at the door.

These two people are Liu Xia's subordinates. It seems that the emperor ordered them to assist Liu Xia in investigating the case.

These two people are both from a hundred families, and one is at the peak of the master level of spiritual cultivation, and the other is at the peak of the master level of martial arts.

It seems that the five hundred people mobilized are also their subordinates.

Loyalty shouldn't be much of a problem.

"Thank you for your hard work, please get up quickly. This is my palace, not in the palace. We can avoid all these red tapes to prevent everyone from getting into trouble."

Liu Xia smiled lightly.

"Yes, Your Majesty. We are here to assist Your Majesty on the orders of the Commander-in-Chief. If Your Majesty has any errands, just ask him."

Liu Liansheng looked at Liu Xia with admiration and said.

Today Liu Xia is famous.

Just by being a Tianwen-level Onmyoji, several people admired him. As a spiritual practitioner, he naturally admired Liu Xiabi.

"You two come in to talk. I am supervising the case of the Onmyoji Association according to His Majesty's decree. This will be our office in the future. I will send someone to clean up the West Courtyard in a while. You two can go directly to the hospital to work in the future."

"As commanded."

The two people hurriedly clasped their fists and said.

At this moment, a guard from the Royal Forest Army came over in a hurry and said: "Your Majesty, sirs, there is a man who calls himself Song Hanxing and wants to see the Prince."

"Old Song?"

Liu Xia immediately walked towards your door.

At the end of the street, I saw Song Hanxing driving this carriage and waiting there.[

When he saw Liu Xia from a distance, he hurriedly saluted Liu Xia.

Liu Xia helped him up and said with a smile, "I've been waiting for you to come."

"Well, I had something to do at home, so I was delayed. Yesterday I heard that the prince had a falling out with the Onmyoji Association. I saluted and knew that the prince might need someone here, so I hurried here."

"Just come, Liu Baihu, go to the east suburb lane outside the city and find a man named Yuan Binglong. This man is the imperial guard I recruited, and let him report to the old prince's palace."

"As commanded."

Immediately, Liu Liansheng left with several imperial guards.

An hour later, the west courtyard of the palace was cleared out.

The west courtyard was originally the residence of the concubine, but because Prince Wei did not accept the concubine, it has been abandoned.

This place is located at the back of the palace. The environment is quiet and relatively hidden. It is most suitable to be used as a base.

At this moment, Liu Xia was sitting in the lobby. Dabao, Caiwei, Liu Liansheng, Zhang Zong, Tong Dawei, Yuan Binglong and Song Hanxing were all present.

This is also Liu Xia's team to solve the case.

"Old Song and Yuan Binglong, I have already reported it to the Zongren Mansion. Maybe they will be found tomorrow. This time you are following me to supervise the case of the Onmyoji Association. Zhang Zong has just given an outline of this case.

.Now that I have no clue, what can you do?"

Liu Xia said straight to the point.

Yuan Binglong has a group of brothers, about thirty people, who all became Liu Xia's imperial guards this time. Although their rank is very low, Liu Xia is now famous all over Longdu, and he has a decent figure in this palace.

Errands are indeed more reliable than working outside.

Naturally, my heart is happy.

Song Hanxing was even more satisfied.

"Your Majesty, as Zhang Zong said just now, the Onmyoji Association's monopoly on materials began twelve years ago. At that time, monopolizing Longdu's elixirs and materials required a large amount of funds. This fund was provided by Changyun Trading Company

.Successfully monopolized the onmyoji industry in Longdu. Every month, Zhang Zong would transfer the nine floors of running water to the trading company. This trading company connected everything up and down. However, Weichen had been in Longdu for many years, and the Changyun Trading Company

, but you haven’t heard of it at all?”

Yuan Binglong frowned and said.

"Yes, such a big business cannot be done without strong strength. Weichen has been working in Longdu for seven or eight years, and this firm is not well-known. Weichen suspects that it is most likely a branch of another firm.

Either it's just an empty shelf, or maybe it's the shadow of that aristocratic family. It is estimated that the building will be empty by now. I don't think there is any use in checking."

Liu Liansheng analyzed.

"Why don't we start with the shopkeeper of Changyun Trading Company?"

Dabao said.

"The shopkeeper's name is Liu Sishan. I have been dealing with him for more than ten years. This person only appeared when we were first formulating our plan. Since we succeeded in monopolizing the monopoly, that person has rarely appeared there. Last time

I met him during the Mid-Autumn Festival last year. Since then, there has been a clerk to collect the accounts. I also sent someone to check him, but unfortunately, there was nothing valuable."

Zhang Zong said at this moment.

"Lao Zhang, you have been dealing with him for more than ten years, don't you have any clues about him?"

Dabao asked curiously.

"When I met him, I was just running a material store in the west of the city. Since I had few people and the pill production rate was extremely low, I basically didn't make much money. I could only barely maintain expenses. At that time

We happened to meet up with the Longdu Onmyoji Conference, which was organized by the present Holy Emperor. The person who supervised the event was Master Duan of Longdu. Onmyojis from all over the country came to participate, and they all want to stand out at this grand event."

"Of course I am no exception. However, with my alchemy skills at that time, although they were good, there were so many masters in that class. I was lucky enough to enter the top ten and was eliminated. Although the conference brought me

I gained a lot of popularity and income. However, after that, I failed one after another to attack the seventh-level Onmyoji, and spent a lot of wealth. The result was not successful, and the material store had to be mortgaged. When I was preparing to fight, Liu Sishan appeared. "

"This man was extremely generous and well-connected. He found me and immediately sponsored me 80,000 taels of silver to help me tide over the difficulties. From then on, we became close friends. This man was a good talker.

, and my mind was wild and unconstrained, and the background was very huge. At that time, I felt that I had met a noble person. When I stepped into the seventh level, he told me his plan for the first time."

"When I heard it, I just thought he was joking. He wanted to monopolize the entire industry. How could it be possible even if there were crouching tigers, hidden dragons? I didn't take it seriously. Later he came to me again. He said he had ten percent

Once I was sure of it, I gradually became moved."
To be continued...