Chapter 385: Investigation

Tang Feng nodded slightly: "If we look at his skillful martial arts, this person may be the leader of the White Lotus Sect who doesn't even know his name. But for the sake of caution, I would like to ask Lu Tianxiang. I don't know if he is willing to give honest advice. If he still refuses..." Speaking of this, a murderous intent flashed in his eyes. Now he can't take care of so much. The serious injury to solve the problem has completely ignited the anger in his heart.

After seeing Li Pushi suddenly appear, Lu Tianxiang realized that the previous assassination was indeed a plan of disagreement by the government. But now all this is irrelevant, because the leader's personal appearance has already shown his attitude, which made Lu Tianxiang live in endless resentment while being scared. So after being brought to Tang Feng, he immediately said: "I am indeed a spy installed by the White Lotus Sect in the capital. If you have anything to ask, please ask. I know I will tell you the truth."

Seeing his cooperating look, Tang Feng's murderous intent calmed down a little, and then he asked: "What is the identity of the young man we caught? Judging from his martial arts, his status in your sect is not low, right?"

"He is the eldest son of our leader, Li Ze!" After saying this answer, Lu Tianxiang felt a sense of revenge in his heart. Since the leader did not treat him as a brother, he no longer needed to hide it. So in the face of Tang Feng's problem, he knew everything and said everything, such as several family extermination cases in Jiangnan, the way he connected with the White Lotus Sect, and even Li Pushi's name and identity that had always been used to hide his true identity.

After listening to everything he knew, Tang Feng smiled on his face: "Very good. If you are willing to cooperate with the government, I will definitely ensure your safety. Ask you the last question, is there anyone else in your teaching in the capital except you?"

Lu Tianxiang nodded and said, "Yes!" As he said, a series of names were reported, but these people, the spies under Tang Feng had already found them, and they had been arrested before, which was not valuable clues, so Tang Feng asked, "What about them? Who do you think your leader would look for when you come to the capital without you?"

"This... I don't know." Lu Tianxiang shook his head blankly: "I only know the names and places of the people in the capital who are controlled by me. As for whether there are other people in the capital who are doing things for Li Pushi, they will not tell me. But judging from this situation, the leader... Li Pushi should have other credible people to respond in the capital."

After asking Lu Tianxiang some questions, but the income was limited, Tang Feng ordered someone to take Lu Tianxiang down with a little disappointed, and then he frowned and said, "It seems that it is difficult to get the situation about Li Pushi from Lu Tianxiang. Is it difficult to catch him even such a good opportunity?" He sighed in anger.

At this time, Lu An suddenly spoke: "Sir, maybe there is still a way to find this person!"

"Oh? What's your solution?" Tang Feng asked hurriedly.

"After I came back after chasing him, I found some blood at his place. Obviously he was injured. Judging from the situation at that time, he was shot by an arrow or injured by a musket. If we could follow this point, we might be able to trace his whereabouts!"

"Huh?" Tang Feng raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "This is actually the case!" After thinking for a while, he said: "The crossbowmen and musketeers are still there. Call them here. I want to see what injuries he suffered!"

"Ah?" Lu An was slightly stunned and thought of Tang Feng's intention. He immediately called the hundreds of households in the prison, asking them to call the crossbowmen and musketeers who were dispatched at night. The person was quickly called to Tang Feng. After Tang Feng praised them, he asked the crossbowmen and said, "Have you collected the arrows you shot? There are missing or bloody arrows on the tip."

After looking at each other for a few glances, the people shook their heads together: "Our arrows were taken back from the ground afterwards, and there was no missing one, and there was no one with blood on the target." As they spoke, the few people were a little ashamed. So many people shot a target together, but none of them hit the target, which really made them feel embarrassed to see Lord Tongzhi.

But Master Tang not only did not blame them, but instead showed a happy look: "It seems that Li Pushi should have suffered a musket injury, which is more difficult to deal with than an arrow injury. If he continues his life, his brothers will keep a close eye on every medicine shop in Beijing, but there are suspicious people who come to buy the anti-toxic and gold-canceling medicine. They must not be spared. Li Pushi might be in it." The musket projectiles are made of lead and are toxic after being hit. Even if Li Pushi has high martial arts skills, he will need medicine and treatment if he suffers internal injuries and gunshot wounds. So Tang Feng immediately issued such an order to track down the whereabouts of the other party.

Someone said on the other hand: "Maybe the thief has left Beijing, so why don't we have a waste of time?"

Tang Feng shook his head and said, "No, the Nine Gates of the Capital City have only opened for a short time. He didn't have time to leave, and he was also injured internally. It is impossible for him to use too much power to perform his light skills in the capital city wall. So I concluded that he must have his own hiding place in the capital, and there may be a spy from the White Lotus Sect that is hidden deeper than Lu Tianxiang!"

At this time, Li Pushi was in Ni Wenhuan's mansion as Tang Feng guessed. With the help of a trusted man Ni, he took the projectile embedded in his waist. It was not until the black lead bullet was taken off his body that he spoke deeply. He did not expect that he would be so embarrassed this time. Not only did he not kill Lu Tianxiang, but he also suffered such serious injuries. With the punch to solve the problem, he was really injured both inside and outside.

Shortly after leaving the scope of the imperial prison, Li Pushi discovered that he was shot. It was obvious that he was injured by the musket when he dodged those arrows. He had been too nervous before and didn't feel it until he was actually out of danger that he found that his waist was injured by the musket. In this way, Li Pushi had no idea that he wanted to leave the capital first after killing Lu Tianxiang. With his current state, it was impossible for him to calmly climb over a five-meter high wall and leave the capital. Moreover, after such a fuss, the guards in the capital would be stricter. In desperation, he had to choose to return to Ni's mansion.

When Ni Wenhuan woke up, she was shocked when she saw Li Pushi's injury. Fortunately, he had a close friend who was a doctor, so she hurriedly called him to heal Li Pushi. Although the man had been a doctor, it was the first time that he dug up a projectile for someone, and he was sweating profusely after finishing the projectile. But after taking out the projectile, he exclaimed: "Sir, your injury may not be healed by taking out the projectile. It is also toxic!"

"What?" Li Pushi's face changed: "These Jinyiwei are so despicable."

The man changed his face slightly, but after seeing the solemn expression of his own adult, he still said truthfully: "It's not that someone deliberately applied poison, but that the projectile is made of lead and mixed with flesh and blood and is toxic. If you want to cure it, you need to use some anti-toxic medicine, otherwise you will be afraid that the wound will ulcerate further..."

"Then use medicine quickly. There are some precious medicinal herbs in my mansion." Ni Wenhuan said immediately.

"Sir, please forgive me. These antidote drugs are not always available in the mansion, so I have to go to the pharmacy to catch them." The man was embarrassed.

"That's it..." Ni Wenhuan sighed and said, "Then you go and catch some at dawn. Master, I will reward you heavily. Remember, you should not tell others about this, otherwise you should know my family rules."

After sending his confidant with admiration and praise, Ni Wenhuan asked carefully: "Master, what happened? Will your supernatural powers still be hurt?"

"Oh, man is not as good as God is!" Li Pushi smiled helplessly and said, "I didn't expect that there were many good men in the prison today. I was eager to escape and had an opportunity for those people to take advantage of it. I was hit by this damn musket." As he said that, he did not hide it, and told the story about the incident, which made Ni Wenhuan smack his tongue.

"The leader has revealed his identity and was injured again. What are his plans?" When asked this, Ni Wenhuan looked at Li Pushi with some concern, fearing that he would implicate him. You should know that he is now a high-ranking official in the court, with power and wealth, and sometimes he also wants to leave the White Lotus Sect. But this is just him thinking about it. He understands that once you enter the White Lotus Sect, if you don't want to be sentenced to death, it's better not to apostate.

"What else can I plan? I can only recover from the injury here first." Li Pushi said angrily: "Now the people from the Jinyiwei must be looking for my whereabouts everywhere. I was injured again and could not leave the city at all."

"Since that's the case, the leader will live here to recuperate from his subordinates. He also has some status in the court. No matter how the Jinyiwei is, he will never come here to investigate." Ni Wenhuan said insincerely.

He thought that his identity could not be paid attention to by the Jinyiwei people, but the situation could not be as he wished. The next day when his confidant went to the pharmacy to catch the anti-toxic and healing medicinal materials, he fell to the attention of the Jinyiwei people who had been arranged around the various pharmacies. Soon, they found out that the identity of this person was a servant from Lord Ni's mansion.

On this day, Tang Feng sent many people to buy these two medicines, but none of them had anything to do with Li Pushi. Now, when he heard that there was such a person, many people felt that there was no need to investigate. After all, Lord Ni was a court official, so how could he get involved with the thief of the White Lotus Sect? However, Tang Feng didn't think so. He thought he could not miss a slight opportunity. Even the prince would have to investigate it this time. Of course, another thing was that Tang Feng did not say it in public. He wanted Ni Wenhuan to have any relationship with the White Lotus Sect, so that he could take advantage of the situation to crack down on the eunuch party.

So shortly after learning about this, Tang Feng took someone to Ni Wenhuan's mansion in person...
Chapter completed!