In the early morning, Liu Xia took Dabao and set out towards the outside of Longdu City.
Sitting on the back of the earth spirit beast, Liu Xia always had a question in her heart.
Liu Hongtao was handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for interrogation. He believed that Liu Hongtao should have bitten Tuoba Lingyun out long ago, but the court had no intention of taking action against Tuoba Lingyun.
What happened in Heifeng Village is solid evidence, and Tuoba Lingyun can't get rid of the charges no matter what he says.
However, the imperial court was slow to take action, which made Liu Xia feel that the matter might be more troublesome than he imagined.[
The place Dabao and I are going to go today is the leather goods shop where the two of them met the owner of the leather goods shop in the Valley of the Kings.
After the incident in Heifeng Village was over, Liu Xia concluded that there was an armed force hidden around Longdu, and this force was the main force used to attack Longdu after the uprising in Heifeng Village.
At present, it seems that Tiankui Guards and Longdu Imperial Guards are the least suspicious.
The army guarding the souls stationed in the Valley of the Kings is the most suspicious.
Because, when Dabao and Liu Xia were preparing to steal the Eternal Silence in the Valley of the Kings, they knew that someone was having an affair with the defenders in the Valley of the Kings.
What we need to do now is to follow the clues and see what the other party's tricks are.
In less than an hour, Dabao and Liu Xia arrived at Yongwang Town.
As mentioned before, Yongwang Town is a small town outside Longdu, but it is famous in the Tianji Dynasty for its fur business.
The town is not small. By the time Liu Xia and Dabao arrived, the place was already busy with traffic and pedestrians were rubbing shoulders.
Many caravans from the Skyrim Dynasty will enter here to purchase some leather goods, and then sell them to all parts of the country.
Therefore, the streets are full of caravans.
Liu Xia and Dabao then went to a breakfast shop, ate and drank, and then headed towards Changtai Leather Shop.
When we arrived at the gate of Changtai Leather Goods Store, we saw that the business inside was really good.
The place was bustling with people, and several of the waiters were in full swing.
Liu Xia and Dabao arrived inside, but no one greeted them.
At this time, Liu Xia was looking for Zhang Heng.
Zhang Heng was the man he met in the Valley of the Kings that night who reported the news to the garrison officers.
Just because I had to rush to Wuzhou to suppress the bandits at that time, I ignored it.
"That boy isn't here?"[
Dabao muttered softly.
"No hurry, wait."
Liu Xia smiled faintly.
At this time, the waiter came over and greeted me warmly.
Liu Xia briefly questioned him, but the waiter saw that Liu Xia didn't really want to buy anything, so he ignored him.
At this time, Liu Xia saw two people coming down from the attic.
When these two men walked, they looked like tigers and had cold eyes. At first glance, they looked like officers who had been on the battlefield.
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Heng also came down and began to chat with the leaders of the caravan.
Liu Xia gave Dabao a wink at this time, and the two of them withdrew.
Then the two of them found an inn in Yongwang Town and stayed there.
Keep an eye on Zhang Heng with all your strength.
Zhang Heng is just a middleman. He has an upper family and a lower family.
Now, he doesn’t know who his superior family is, and he still doesn’t know who his next family member is.
There was nothing going on at the leather goods store for two days. Although a few military-looking people came in and out of the leather goods store, they looked like they were really here to buy things.
Waiting until the night of the third day, Liu Xia saw Zhang Heng riding an earth spirit beast out of Yongwang Town.
Liu Xia hurriedly followed Dabao behind him to see where he was going.
Sure enough, just as Liu Xia expected, he headed towards the Valley of the Kings.
The two people followed him cautiously until they entered the Valley of the Kings.
Zhang Heng seemed to have a very clear idea of how to defend the Valley of the Kings.
By following his footsteps, you can easily avoid the patrolling guards.
Less than two hours later, Zhang Heng stopped outside the courtyard wall where Liu Xia and Dabao robbed the tomb, and hid in the grass.
This place is very desolate. After the Daqing Dynasty fell apart, all the people keeping vigil have disappeared.[
Far across from the Daqing Dynasty are the tombs of the emperors of the Tianji Dynasty. From a distance, they look brightly lit, making this side look even more desolate.
After waiting for less than half an hour, a wave of patrols passed by, and it was the same situation that Dabao and Liu Xia encountered that night.
When this wave of patrols passed by Zhang Heng's hiding place, a leader of the patrol team shouted: "Brothers, you go first, I'm going to pee."
At that moment, the patrol continued to move forward, and the captain quietly arrived under the wall. While taking off his belt, he whispered: "The wind is so strong tonight."
"The moon in Tianshan is also very round."
Having said this, Zhang Heng came out of the grass.
"Brother Zhang, have you been here for a while?"
At this time, the duel handed a bamboo tube to Zhang Heng.
"Haha, it's been a while."
After saying this, Zhang Heng also gave him a bamboo tube.
After the two people exchanged, the captain of Xing Zhao turned around and left without any more nonsense.
Zhang Heng also hid the bamboo tube, turned around and headed down the mountain.
Liu Xia and Dabao followed him back to Yongwang Town, and it was already dawn.
It seems that Zhang Heng's next family has been found. Okay, who is his next family?
"Why don't we just capture Zhang Heng and let Caiwei interrogate him? That would be safer."
Back at the inn, Dabao was lying on the bed, holding a weed in his mouth and suggested.
"Don't worry, Zhang Heng is a very important person. Once we catch him, we will alert him. We will find him and talk to him at home."
Liu Xia smiled.
At noon the next day, Zhang Heng personally rode towards Longdu.
Liu Xia and Dabao followed Zhang Heng and returned to Longdu.
After Zhang Heng arrived in Longdu, he went straight to Tingyu Tower in the south of the city.
Tingyulou is a teahouse for recreation.
There are often folk artists singing there, and many nobles from Longdu like to go there to listen to music and drink tea.
Zhang Heng was obviously a regular visitor here. After entering Tingyu Tower, he was taken to the backyard by the waiter.
Liu Xia knew everything that happened again after that.
Just when the two of them were anxious, they saw a thin man coming out of the backyard.
"Keep an eye on him!"
Liu Xia quickly patted Dabao, and the two of them followed him out.
This thin man walked very carefully and looked back from time to time.
"Why are you following him?"
Dabao asked puzzledly.
"This man is a eunuch!"
Liu Xia said softly.
"How did you know?"
Dabao asked softly.
"I am a spiritual practitioner, and my sense of smell is much sharper than yours. Most of the eunuchs in the palace had their urethras injured during castration. Therefore, they always have a faint smell of urine. Although these eunuchs use incense
It's covered with powder, but I can still smell it. The smell is very unique. It's just like the smell of the confinement room."
Liu Xia explained in a low voice.
Dabao suddenly realized: "You mean, Zhang Heng came to Longdu just to see this eunuch?"
"Nine times out of ten, yes. Let's see if he is heading towards the palace."
Liu Xia said softly.
Immediately, two people followed behind the eunuch.
This eunuch, obviously very alert, took Liu Xia and Dabao for a walk in the south of the city, and then headed towards the royal city.
After Liu Xia and Dabao watched him enter the palace from Xihua Gate, Liu Xia and Dabao then headed towards the palace.
It seems that Zhang Heng's family is in the palace.
Liu Xia wondered, could this Zhang Heng be the emperor's man?
But when I think about it carefully, it feels wrong.
As the king of a country, there is really no need for the emperor to be so secretive.
Unless, it is something that cannot be put on the surface.
It seems that all this will have to wait until I go to the palace tomorrow to find out.
As soon as she returned to the palace, Caiwei ran over excitedly and said, "Brother, senior brother, I have some good news for you."
"Oh? What's the matter?"
Liu Xia asked with a smile.
"Brother Yixin and Situ Qingcang are here."
Caiwei said hurriedly.
When Liu Xia heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned.
Yishin was injured previously and has been recovering in the northwest. Counting the days, he should indeed recover.
At that time, Liu Xia was recalled to Longdu with Yixin seriously injured along the way, which was really not good for Yixin.
After discussion, Situ Qingcang stayed to take care of Yixin.
Now that Yixin has recovered from his injury, he naturally wants to come to Longdu to seek refuge with him.
Now is the time to employ people, Liu Xia really wants two more helpers.
"Take me there quickly."
At that moment, Liu Xia hurried towards the hall.
Entering the hall, he saw a high-spirited Yi Xin and Situ Qingcang waiting there.
When they saw Liu Xia, they all stood up to say hello.
After this period of rest, Yixin was refreshed and his face was glowing.
On the other side, Situ Qingcang was in high spirits, with jade trees facing the wind, and Liu Xia discovered that he had already entered the spiritual master level.
This is a happy event.
"Oh, congratulations to Brother Situ. Congratulations to Brother Situ. I didn't expect that after just a few months of not seeing each other, your cultivation level has improved a lot."
Liu Xia was naturally very happy to see his old friend and hurriedly exchanged greetings.
"It cannot be compared with the prince. If it were not for the prince, it would indeed take me a while to become a spiritual master."
Situ Qingcang seemed a lot shyer than in the northwest.
"Brother Yixin, I've been looking forward to your coming every day. I feel relieved when you come. The palace seems to be in good shape now, but the internal affairs are in a mess. I think you must be the chief steward of the palace.
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Liu Xia smiled.
Butlers have always been the confidants of their masters, but Liu Xia is indeed a mature and down-to-earth person who handles the daily affairs of the palace.
Otherwise, I would have to worry about the sesame and mung beans from Wangfu every day.
"That's fine. This time, Brother Situ and I came here day and night because we knew you must be short of manpower. Let me give this butler a try first to see if he can do the job."
Yi Xin smiled modestly.
"I see no problem. Well, Dabao, you go to Tong Zhang Zong and the others. We are all dead tonight. Let's have a good dinner at the palace. Let's meet each other and get familiar with each other."
Liu Xia smiled.
"Okay."
When Dabao saw that he could have a good meal tonight, he was naturally happy and headed towards the west courtyard.
Half an hour later, there was a banquet in the palace.