"Thoroughly inspect the courtyard and conduct an investigation of the mansions in the nearby area."
Song Ran and others had been behind the imperial army before, so there was no chance for them to show off in this situation.
Immediately after receiving the order, the people leading the spy dispersed.
"Qu Bing, my master will go after the Taoist ancestor slips. Will there be any problem?" Liu Qing looked in the direction of Qin Qingyu, eager to follow her.
Her name for Huo Qubing was naturally changed.
Huo Qubing was thinking about something and said casually: "I have secretly left someone to help me. I have followed him. We are in Chang'an again. Nothing will happen."
"Huh?"
Liu Qing didn't quite understand what it meant to keep someone secretly.
"Because I didn't know before I came here whether the other party deliberately leaked the Dao Ancestor's aura. In case this place was deliberately designed by the other party, these people you see are not all of our manpower. We also arranged an ambush secretly to deal with unexpected changes.
Now I have followed.
It is impossible for any general to lay out all his arrangements openly. If his opponents can see clearly, why fight?"
Liu Qing said oh, it turned out that there was another plan secretly, and she didn't even notice it. It's amazing.
At this time, Detective Huo Qubing pulled off the black scarf on the face of the person on the ground, and the force in his palm moved past his face, making sure that the other person was his true face and not a disguise.
Of course, a person with a high level of spiritual practice would not use such a crude method as disguising his face to change the appearance of his bones with his inner breath. It would be much more sophisticated.
Dong Zhongshu, Zhang Tang, and Jiang Yan also came over.
They just took action and did not use all their strength to suppress the bottom of the box. But it is really amazing that this person can withstand the joint attack of several of them for so long.
Several people also wanted to see who he was.
Under the black hijab, there is a face of about fifty years old, thin and slender, with a sallow complexion.
What impresses people is that his nose bridge is extremely high, his bones are obvious, his eye sockets are sunken, and his face seems to contain dangers in the mountains and rivers. This is a face that is very scheming.
Another person was also carried over. His chest was bleeding all the time. If he didn't receive treatment, he would be dead.
Huo Qubing personally took action and searched the two of them.
There are not many things, just a waist bag and a scroll of bamboo slips, but they are not Taoist bamboo slips.
In other words, this person only has a brief picture of Taozu, far from everything.
"I ask you, tell the truth and you can survive."
Huo Qubing stared at the two people with burning eyes, including Teng She in his consciousness, who also opened his eyes, firmly locking the two people's minds at the mental level, paying attention to any subtle changes in them.
Huo Qubing found that he had a sinister face, but he was not moved when he heard that this one with higher skills could survive.
The other person who was severely injured by himself had a slight movement in his eyes.
The old man can't find out anything by means of torture. There is hope for him who was severely injured by me... Huo Qubing thought to himself.
"Do you have the means to find out what's going on?"
Dong Zhongshu shook his head: "At this level, the soul is condensed. If you don't want to tell, it is impossible to ask for any clues."
Jiang Yan always paid attention to his manners, carried it with one hand on his back, and said calmly: "Huo Hou can ask your majesty to try using Tianwen Jian, it is said that you can know the thoughts in other people's heads.
Only this kind of rare treasure passed down from ancient times may have an effect on people of this level.
The Heavenly Questions Slip is in the treasury of our Han Dynasty, and can be taken out if your Majesty agrees."
"That's right." Zhang Tang cherished his words like gold, and his face was carved from wood throughout the whole process, and no emotional changes could be seen at all.
If none of them could find anything, Huo Qubing planned to beat these two people to death and use Yuanshen Soaring Snake to see if he could find something.
But against people of this level, Teng She's current level of concentration probably won't yield much.
Since there is such a thing as Tianwen Jian, it is the best.
"Treat this man's injuries and let him live first," Huo Qubing said.
Immediately, professional doctors under the secret investigation came forward.
This is the benefit of national power. When fighting, we also bring military doctors with us to provide logistical support. I wonder if you are afraid of it.
"Is this person the person Huo Hou wants to arrest?" Dong Zhongshu asked.
"Master, do you still care about this?"
Dong Zhongshu whispered: "I don't care whether you can catch someone, but I want to go back and rest. Let's see what time it is."
"We're all here, why don't we sleep, why not fight together. I'm afraid there will be some turmoil these days. I will temporarily take over the guard army, and there is a shortage of someone to take charge. Please come and help." Huo Qubing said.
Listen, how arrogant this guy is. Not only did he pull me over, he also wanted to use me as his attendant... Dong Zhongshu's eyes narrowed slightly, and the beard on his chin trembled slightly.
"I won't go."
Master Dong categorically stated that it was absolutely impossible for him to serve as a military commander.
"Master came to Chang'an, didn't you want to promote the Bingfu Slips matter? If you help me for a few days, you are also helping His Majesty. Afterwards, I will help Master jointly promote the Bingfu Slips matter, how about it?" Huo Qubing said.
You want to say that... Dong Zhongshu pondered for a moment and nodded reservedly: "Let me think about it."
Huo Qubing smiled secretly: This old master seems to have never been deceived.
At this time, Song Ran and others came back one after another to report: "I have inspected several surrounding mansions in sequence, from east to west, and the third house is empty. My expert secret agent went in to investigate, but made an unexpected discovery.
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"The doctor ordered Shi Jian's father, Shi Yong, to be hidden there. When we found him, he had just died and had his neck broken."
Song Ran secretly admired him, because Huo Qubing had said before that if Shi Jian had any problems, someone must have held his father hostage to threaten him.
This is where Shi Jian is most likely to be targeted.
It depends on the situation, it is indeed the case.
Shi Jian probably did not give in, and the people in the house over there probably discovered what happened here and immediately broke the neck of Shi Jian's father and evacuated.
Including the Taoist bamboo slips that were thrown out just now, they were also thrown in that direction...
Huo Qubing had mixed thoughts. The other party had accomplices, and he still wanted to throw the Dao Ancestor Slip out before he was captured alive. So the identity of the captured person... it is unlikely that he is a secret person, but like a subordinate doing the work. p>
"The origin of this house and the connections behind it must be investigated clearly."
Xiao Ying and Song Ran agreed in unison.
At this time, in the direction Qin Qingyu chased, she was returning with a sword energy.
The Taoist Master clutched the Taoist Ancestor Slip in his hand and fell down.
At the same time, Huo Qubing listened attentively, and another voice secretly reported the situation to him, that is, the person who arranged the ambush and secret investigation.
From Ru Bohu down, there are two secret agents, four deputy commanders, and six secret agents, all of whom are in high-level positions.
The person following in the dark is one of the two commanders.
There is also a Commander-in-Chief, Shi, who is probably being beaten by Ru Bohu. Because of the secret investigation into internal issues, another person at the level of Commander-in-Chief, Shi, has been suspected.
"There are people waiting over there to pick up the Taoist ancestor slips that were thrown out.
Fortunately, Huo Hou had other arrangements and intervened to stop him, otherwise it would have taken some trouble to get back this Daozu Jian." Qin Qingyu said.
"Where's the other person?"
"One was killed by me, and the other was captured by people arranged by Huo Hou when he was escaping! The skills of the two are far inferior to the two we just ambushed."
"Tao Zun, let's see if any of them are the writers?" Huo Qubing pointed to the two prisoners next to him.
Qin Qingyu's eyes moved and fell on the two of them: "It's a very high level of practice to fight with me, but I'm not sure if you're someone in the dark."
Huo Qubing signaled to return to Weiyang Palace to command the camp first, but suddenly a low cry was heard not far away.
The old man with a gloomy face had a twisted face, and a cluster of green soul flames suddenly ignited between his eyebrows.
"You are bound to die soon..."
The voice was gloomy, and the old man's body seemed to be withering, quickly becoming shriveled, and the center of his eyebrows was burned through by green flames.
In the blink of an eye, all the vitality in his body was drained, and he became weak and died.
Huo Qubing reacted very quickly. He took a step forward and punched the other person to death. He stretched out his hand and forcibly touched the center of his eyebrows, sending out the snake of consciousness.
I originally wanted to take it back to the palace and try it with Tianwen Jian.
Since one of them had undergone a strange change, Huo Qubing was afraid that the other one would also undergo the same change, so he immediately killed him. While his thoughts were still conscious, he used Soaring Snake to see if he could find any gains.
After a while, Huo Qubing withdrew his hand, his face calm, and it was unclear whether he had gained anything.
As for the dead old man, his body was as shriveled as if he had been left to dry for decades in a dry environment, making him look weird and evil.
This change was too sudden, and the flame seemed to be induced from within his body.
You must know that the people in the secret investigation are all veterans. After the two were captured, they were prepared to hang themselves. Not only were their entire bodies searched, but their internal strength was also restrained by relevant means. Unexpectedly, the old man was still dead!
Did he feel there was no hope of survival and committed suicide or was he silenced?
Everyone couldn't help but calm down and looked at each other.
On the way back to the Chang'an Guards Command Camp, Huo Qubing sat thoughtfully in the carriage.
There were also Qin Qingyu and Liu Qing in the car.
The two of them were riding in the car, but Qin Qingyu invited Huo Qubing to come up: "Does Huo Hou think the one who died just now was someone secretly?"
"No."
Huo Qubing asked: "How many slips are there in the Taoist bamboo scroll?"
Qin Qingyu already understood what he meant: "There are fifty pieces in total, and this is one of them.
I didn't expect that he would take apart the Taoist bamboo slips and have the ability to do it.
What you mean is that this is just a simple piece that I found, and there are forty-nine pieces that are still in the hands of the secret person."
Qin Qingyu continued: "I also feel that although the person captured tonight is very skilled, he is still not up to the level of the secret man.
So, what happened to us tonight, is it possible that the other party set up a trap to lure us here?"
Huo Qubing: "It doesn't look like the other party's reaction or the layout of the hospital was deliberately setting up a trap.
It doesn’t seem like there is another purpose for transferring us.”
The ambush just now was more like the other party's oversight and accident.
Huo Qubing judged that the other party probably didn't know that Qin Qingyu was in Chang'an and accidentally leaked Taoist Jian's aura, and he wouldn't have expected that someone would come to his door immediately.
So what changes will the killing of these two people bring to each other?
Will there be any other news in the future?
Based on the skills of the two people who were arrested, they must not be small figures, and their identities may be very important.
Huo Qubing has already found some clues in another person's consciousness.
Including the usage of the bamboo slips found on them, which can be used to contact friends and spread the news by writing...
ps: There should still be an additional update today, but it may be two chapters in one. If it is a big chapter, it will be posted in the early morning. If it is updated in the evening, it will be divided into two chapters