Murong Bai nodded, "This is the Gu insect from Southern Xinjiang. When I traveled around the world, I met a Gu master from Southern Xinjiang. His method of controlling Gu is superb. There are many types of Gu insects, and they can kill people invisible.
"
He twirled his fingertips, and there was a faint crackling sound. The Gu insect instantly turned into a burst of black smoke. Li Xin'an could smell a rotten stench even from a distance away from it.
Murong Bai's fingertips were a little hot, and the skin was faintly black. He frowned, and used his inner strength to force out the poison that had invaded his skin.
A drop of black liquid that looked like ink seeped out from his fingertips. Murong Bai flicked it toward the ground. The drop of black liquid fell to the ground with a sizzling sound, and a small hole suddenly appeared on the ground.
"I never imagined that this poisonous insect could be so poisonous even after it dies!"
Li Xin'an sighed, and then called over the two prison cars. The two deputy gatekeepers of the Iron Flag Gate were tied with iron chains, their heads tilted to the side, and their bodies had turned black.
He and Murong Bai jumped into a prison car and found a Gu insect on their neck and between their eyebrows respectively.
"It's just the same as the one just now." Murong Bai carefully held the Gu worm and said.
"I didn't expect that this little thing could be so poisonous after death. It is much more toxic than the Poison Heart Powder from our Xueyitang!"
Li Xin'an took out a jade bottle from his arms, poured out the pills inside, and carefully put the two Gu worms into it.
"That's the end of the illegal salt case. Now that Song Yuanfeng's clue has been cut off, we can't prove Yang Guozhong's involvement in this matter." Li Xin'an sighed, "For the current plan, the only way is to find out who killed Song Yuanfeng and the two deputies as soon as possible.
The murderer of the sect master might have a chance to turn around."
"But how did Iron Flag Sect provoke the Southern Xinjiang Gu Master?"
Murong Bai said: "Could it be that the people who killed them were Yang Guozhong's people, and they sealed their mouths in order to silence them?"
"It's possible..." Li Xin'an nodded, but then he thought about it, it seems that there are no Southern Xinjiang people in Yang Guozhong's house. There are a lot of foreigners in Chang'an City, and the number of Southern Xinjiang people is only more than that of Nanyang people.
There are very few people in Japan. If a minister from southern Xinjiang lives in his house and is a Gu master, there will be no news in Chang'an.
He was frowning and thinking, when suddenly there was a commotion inside the Iron Flag Gate, and a few right guards and soldiers escorted a disheveled woman towards them.
"General, we found this woman in Song Yuanfeng's room in the backyard. She tried to run away and injured several of our brothers."
Li Xin'an looked over in surprise, and then said in surprise:
"Miss Song Hui!"
Song Hui raised her head, but did not look at him, but looked at Murong Bai dreamily.
Murong Bai nodded slightly as a greeting, then turned his head and stopped looking at her.
Li Xin'an was overjoyed.
Things have turned around!
He stretched out his hand to stop the soldiers who were about to take her down, untied the rope from Song Hui, and said:
"Miss Song Hui, your subordinates are ignorant and have made you feel wronged."
Song Hui rubbed her red and swollen wrist, looked at him coldly, and did not respond.
Li Xin'an sighed: "Your father is dead, I'm sorry."
Song Hui's eye circles instantly turned red. She turned her back and said, "I saw it. He brought it upon himself."
Murong Bai sighed: "Your Majesty died in my hands."
"What did you say!" Song Hui turned around and stared at him fiercely, but then her eyes softened, "I... don't blame you..."
Who is this person... Li Xin'an secretly cursed that his own father was killed and he still said he was not to blame, which makes me feel sick!
"Miss Song Hui." Li Xin'an couldn't stand it anymore and interrupted her, "Did you know that the Song sect leader had met the Gu master in Southern Xinjiang before?"
"Southern Xinjiang Gu Master?" Song Hui thought for a while, shook her head, and said: "I don't know, Iron Flag Sect has always dealt with people from the Tang Dynasty. My father has always looked down on those foreigners. He said they are not of my race.
It must be different, those are not good people!"
Song Yuanfeng, a private salt dealer, still has this opinion? Li Xin'an felt that he could not understand him more and more.
He and Murong Bai looked at each other, and the latter immediately understood what he meant.
Since they didn't know each other, there can be no enmity. The person who killed Song Yuanfeng might really be Yang Guozhong's people.
"Miss Song Hui, the leader of the Song sect was poisoned by a Gu master in a sneak attack, and died accidentally from the white wooden sword." Li Xin'an said, "The two deputy sect leaders also died in the sneak attack of the Gu master. We suspect that it was Yang Guozhong.
I want to silence you. I think Miss Song Hui should also know about the Iron Flag Sect colluding with Yang Guozhong to traffic in smuggled salt."
Song Hui nodded and admitted that she was also involved.
"That's good!" Li Xin'an smiled and said, "We hope, Miss Song Hui, that you can provide personal evidence to identify Yang Guozhong as a smuggler of smuggled salt."
What they need now is a witness. As for whether that person is Song Yuanfeng or Song Hui, it actually doesn't matter much. Now that Song Yuanfeng is dead, wouldn't it be better if it could be proven that Yang Guozhong killed someone and silenced him?
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Song Hui looked at Li Xin'an with a sneer and said, "Master Li has a good plan. You can help me if you want, but I have a condition."
"Miss Song Hui, just ask, Li Xin'an will be satisfied with what she can do."
Song Hui pointed her finger at Murong Bai and said softly: "I want...Mr. Murong to personally...beg me!"
Murong Bai's face suddenly changed and he glared at Song Hui fiercely. He felt that he had suffered great humiliation.
Li Xin'an suppressed her anger and said coldly: "Miss Song Hui, please stop joking!"
"I'm not joking." Song Huijiao smiled, "I just asked Mr. Murong to beg me. I think he seems to listen to Mr. Li. Is it difficult for Mr. Li to do this?"
Murong Bai exhaled slowly, his eyes cold: "I only hate that you are not a man!"
"Children of the Jianghu, what is the difference between men and women?" Song Hui looked at him with confused eyes, "If I can die by your sword like my father, I will be willing to die!"
Li Xin'an pulled Murong Bai over and said, "This is to avenge Master Song. Miss Song Hui must not say it is a joke!"
"Revenge? Regardless of whether the Southern Xinjiang Gu Master you mentioned exists or not, my father really died in your hands! If I want to take revenge, I should deny your wish."
Song Hui burst into laughter with a crazy look on her face. Li Xin'an looked at this crazy woman, cursed in his heart, and waved to the soldiers to take her down.
"Miss Song Hui, I'll give you time to think about it. I hope you won't embarrass us."
Murong Bai looked at him gratefully and said, "What should we do now?"
"What else can I do!" Li Xin'an touched the small jade bottle in his hand and sighed:
"Take the Gu worm and go back to resume your life!"
He rushed back to Huangsun Mansion before the curfew with You Wei and the corpses of three people. When Li Chu saw the three dead people, the expression on his face froze.
He didn't even bother to call Li Xin'an back to his study. In front of hundreds of soldiers led by You Wei, Li Chu took out Li Xin'an's "White Rainbow" and placed it on its owner's shoulder, gritting his teeth and saying:
"Li Xin'an, I gave you three hundred people, and you brought me three corpses? Is this how you do things?"
Li Xin'an was helpless and said with a wry smile: "Your Highness, if we have something to do, let's go in and talk about it. It's not good to do it in front of so many people."
"Hey, our Hall Master Li also knows how embarrassing it is!" Li Chu felt that he had lost his composure and put the "White Rainbow" back into the scabbard. His wrist was already sore and unbearable. This was not his sword, so naturally he wouldn't be able to hold it for long.
"Come in with me!" Li Chu snorted coldly, turned around and walked towards the study. Li Xin'an followed Li Chu obediently like a child who made a mistake.
As soon as he entered the study door, Li Chu turned around and kicked Li Xin'an hard, and said angrily: "Li Xin'an, do you know what a mess you have left for me this time.
Not only will I not tell you until I’m caught, but if Yang Guozhong is alerted, His Royal Highness’s life will only become more difficult.”
Li Xin'an said: "The humble position knows the consequences, but... we didn't kill them!"
Li Chu's anger subsided a little. He knew that Li Xin'an was not such an excited person. Although he sometimes acted a little impulsively, he could still tell the difference between right and wrong.
"What's going on?"
Li Xin'an replied: "I brought back the three witnesses at that time. Song Yuanfeng's conspiracy was exposed. Murong Bai and I wanted to capture him, but unexpectedly during the fight, Song Yuanfeng suddenly stopped moving. Murong Bai had no time to stop him.
He was stabbed to death with a sword. Later, Murong Bai found a poisonous insect on his body, which was very poisonous. The two deputy sect leaders were also poisoned to death by this insect."
He opened the small jade bottle and said, "I have brought these two Gu insects back. Your Highness, please take a look."
Li Chu looked around and saw two small black insects lying at the bottom of the jade bottle.
He wanted to take the jade vase and pour out the two poisonous insects, but Li Xin'an stopped him quickly: "Your Highness, not allowed. Although these two poisonous insects are dead, they are still poisonous. Your Highness's golden body cannot be touched rashly!"
Li Chu said coldly: "Do you think Yang Guozhong wants to silence him?"
"Iron Flag Sect has never provoked the Southern Xinjiang Gu Master. I think it is impossible for Yang Guozhong to silence him."
"Even if someone interferes with it, even if Yang Guozhong kills people and silences them, that's not what I want to know now. I want to know how to solve it!"
Li Xin'an said respectfully: "Don't worry, Your Highness, although Song Yuanfeng is dead, his daughter Song Hui is still there, and she also knows about the collusion between Iron Flag Sect and Yang Guozhong."
Li Chu was overjoyed, "Really? Why didn't you tell me earlier! Where is she?"
Li Xin'an was a little embarrassed: "She...is unwilling to testify, so I can only lock her up first and wait until she thinks clearly."
"If a mere commoner doesn't want to speak out, he will be tortured to extract a confession. How can it be so troublesome!" Li Chu said coldly.
"Your Highness, you don't know. That Song Hui is simply a crazy woman. She is not afraid of death. Extorting a confession through torture will have the opposite effect." Li Xin'an said, "She is devoted to Murong Bai, and now she can only grind it off slowly.
Let’s see if Murong Bai can impress her.”
Li Chu glanced at him and asked: "Speaking of Mu
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Rong Bai, how was your conversation with him?"
"He...has joined the Blood Clothes Hall."
Li Chu said meaningfully: "Hall Master Li, you are really good at cunning people into corners!"
"Your Highness, don't blame me." Li Xin'an said with a smile, "You can also feel Murong Bai's stubborn temper. He will definitely not work for Your Highness. He and I hit it off, and it was his last chance to agree to join the Blood Clothes Hall.
Gave in."
"Okay! Okay! Okay!" Li Chu said three words in a row, "Anyway, he is in Chang'an. This is your merit, and Song Yuanfeng's death is your fault. The merits and demerits are balanced, and there is still no reward or punishment. Continue.
Come down, what are you going to do?"
Li Xin'an pondered for a long time and said: "I plan to start with these two Gu Insects. To be able to control such a powerful Gu Insect, the Gu Master behind it must not be a mortal. People from Southern Xinjiang are rare in Chang'an. Following this line
If we continue the investigation, we will surely have results soon, and by then we may be able to catch Yang Guozhong."
"Okay!" Li Chu clapped his hands and said, "I'll give you ten days to find out the murderer of Song Yuanfeng. If you can't find out, come and see him!"
Li Xin'an said goodbye and left with a sad face.
After leaving the Emperor's Sun Mansion, Li Xin'an saw Murong Bai holding a sword and waiting beside a carriage. Sitting in the carriage was Song Hui, who had been knocked unconscious.
"Have you been scolded?" Murong Bai looked at Li Xin'an's bitter look and asked.
"Ten days to find out the murderer, but if you can't find it, I'll show you." Li Xin'an said depressedly, "Ten days to catch a Gu Master in Southern Xinjiang, Gu Master, Gu Insects are so hard to guard against, it will take several days just to prepare.
"
"This time is different from the previous investigations of corrupt officials. I have received a difficult job!"
Murong Bai comforted him: "It's okay. I fought against a Gu Master before. I'll accompany you to catch that person."
"Hey, Bai Mumu is so good at it, you know how to please the hall master so quickly." Li Xin'an joked.
Murong Bai glared at him and jumped onto the carriage.
Li Xin'an took the reins and drove the carriage towards Zhuque Street.
"You specifically asked me to bring Song Hui out. Where are you going? There's a curfew now."
"What are you afraid of about the curfew? We have His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's token. Who dares to stop us!"
"Then where are we going now?"
"Go to the Bloody Clothes Hall."
Murong Bai asked doubtfully: "Didn't the Blood Clothes Hall move out of Chang'an?"
"But Chang'an still has the property of Xueyitang. Otherwise, how do you think I have survived all these years? With the little salary given by His Highness, I would have starved to death on the streets!"
"The Bloody Clothes Hall has many people staying in Chang'an?"
"Not many." Li Xin'an shook his head, "But they are all selected by me. Some of them were trained by my elders since childhood. They are all my confidants and absolutely trustworthy. Every year, I will take a month to go there.
Let’s go through the four halls and pick some new people to come to Chang’an. Unfortunately, we went there this year and you didn’t catch up. I’ll take you around next year.”
Murong Bai hesitated and said: "You... can you trust me?"
"There is nothing unbelievable about this." Li Xin'an said with a smile, "You are the one I like. I only remember this."
Murong Bai said "Yes", and the two chatted some more. Along the way, they met several teams of Jinwu Guards for interrogation. Li Xin'an showed Li Chu's token and continued on the road without any hindrance. Even what they were in the carriage
No one asked.
Li Xin'an drove the carriage into an alley and stopped in front of a small shop with a mutton sign.
He walked forward, knocked on the door, and shouted: "Zhang Quan, come out quickly!"
Murong Bai looked over in surprise, and Li Xin'an turned back and smiled: "Don't be surprised, you will see the real Zhang Quan soon."
There was a sound of footsteps in the house. A boy of fifteen or sixteen years old rubbed his sleepy eyes, opened the door with his coat on, looked at Li Xin'an, was stunned for a while, and then said:
"Master, why did you come here so late? I don't care about urgent matters, right?"
"The situation has changed. I want you to look at someone." Li Xin'an said seriously, "Baitou Mu, take Song Hui down."
"Who is this?"
Young Zhang Quan looked at Murong Bai curiously, "Master, your new brother?"
"It's not new, it's new!" Li Xin'an stopped Zhang Quan's shoulder and said with a smile: "This is the young master of Murong Villa, Murong Bai!"
"Really?" Zhang Quan said in surprise. The unearthly temperament of the man in front of him told him that what his unreliable hall master seemed to be telling the truth.
"Master, you can do it. You have tricked all the young martial arts leaders into coming here. Our Blood Clothes Hall wants to dominate the world!"
"That's not true. At least my generation can't do it. The glorious future of Xueyitang depends on you young people!"
The two of them were whispering, completely ignoring the fact that there was a living person beside them. Murong Bai felt an unknown anger rising in his heart and couldn't help coughing twice.
"Hey, Bai Mumu, why don't you move? Didn't I ask you to carry Song Hui down?"
"Get out!" Murong Bai's face turned livid and he gritted his teeth and said, "I want to hug you!"