Lao Zhou suddenly asked, interrupting everyone's contemplation, and they all took out the weapons from their waists and stood ready.
Naturally, Young Master Liu heard Lao Zhou's voice and was shocked. Could it be that someone was walking too slowly and got stuck in the drainage pipe?
Before he could think about it carefully, Young Master Liu jumped up and landed in the crowd, and the imperial troops who were searching along the river also began to shrink.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on the river. Below the river was the drainage pipe of the capital city.
No one knows this location except a few people.
Four figures suddenly emerged from the river, and the weapons in their hands were about to be released.
Young Master Liu saw the clothes of these four people at a glance and shouted hurriedly: "Don't do anything to your own people!"
Everyone took a closer look and discovered four figures and even the costumes of Ouchi's guards.
The four figures were frightened when they saw the people surrounding the river. They were stunned and came to their senses: "The four of us are the imperial guards, please don't do anything."
The water stains on the four people's bodies gradually dispersed, and Young Master Liu realized that they were still old acquaintances from the past.
When he was in the south of the Yangtze River, he had captured Qinglian, and when he was making trouble with the officials, he had brought him into the palace, Commander Qi, the imperial guard.
"It is polite for General Qi Gan to see you all!"
"No gift!"
"No gift!"
Young Master Liu looked at Commander Qi with some surprise: "Commander Qi, long time no see, why did you come out of the river?"
"Back to Ding Guogong, the general will naturally be chasing the thief who assassinated the empress!"
Everyone looked at Commander Qi and the four others in surprise. Lao Zhou seemed to have thought of something and looked at Wang Hu aside.
"Why have we forgotten you, a master? Wang Hu, take a sniff immediately and see if you can find the thief's remaining scent!"
As the former Grand Chamberlain, Old Zhou was naturally very familiar with every Imperial Guard in the palace. Only then did he realize that Commander Qi also had a master nicknamed Goubi.
Although Old Zhou, a congenital expert, could not understand how Wang Hu's nose could track down enemies by smell, Wang Hu's past deeds showed that he never failed to use his nose to track down criminals!
Wang Hu, who was next to Commander Qi, was holding a wet plain clothes in his hand.
After hearing Lao Zhou's instructions, Wang Hu nodded without hesitation and twitched his nose at the surroundings.
Everyone looked at Wang Hu in surprise, wondering if they could really catch the enemy like this?
Young Master Liu stared at Wang Hu closely, his pupils shrinking slightly.
Sure enough, the world is so vast and full of wonders.
Liu Ye and Ying Shawei escaped from the sewer pipes in the capital that no one would care about. Except for the old man, himself, and Liu Ying, no one else knew about it.
Beijing has not suffered from waterlogging for many years, and I don’t know how many people have forgotten the existence of this drainage pipe.
But Young Master Liu was different. He was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue at the beginning, and he was very familiar with every expenditure of the Ministry of Revenue. Lao Jiang, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, handed over many of the expenditure accounts to Young Master Liu for calculation.
Master Liu naturally knew that there were such advanced things underground in the capital city.
This became the best place for Liuye, Shadow Killer and the others to escape.
Although it is not very bright, Liuye and Shadow Killer are not upright people to begin with. If they can escape alive, it will not matter if they become mice for once.
The four leaders led by Qi did not meet with him and others. He and others came out from the city gate to search, but the four came out from the drainage channel.
The reason is self-evident. It was really Wang Hu who tracked him all the way here by relying on his sense of smell.
Young Master Liu looked at Wang Hu nervously. If he could really track him by smell, Shadow Killer Guard might really be tracked.
After a long time, Wang Hu shook his head with some disappointment: "The smell of these thieves has been soaked in the river water and has become extremely weak."
"Except for feeling that they are fleeing north, there is nothing else we can do!"
Everyone looked at Wang Hu with suspicion. Except for those who had seen Wang Hu's abilities, they all secretly thought that the imperial guard was trying to make himself fat.
Young Master Liu was amazed in his heart, and secretly thought, "My dog is awesome."
The Shadow Killer Guard really fled north. It cannot be said that they should have fled north.
Instead, they had to escort Yun Xiaoxi to the place arranged by Liu Ying.
This sense of smell will definitely determine the treatment of military dogs in future generations.
Liu Mingzhi breathed a sigh of relief, cleared his throat and looked at Lao Zhou.
"Lao Zhou, eldest brother, Lao Jia, you three can arrange the follow-up matters. I want to go to the Criminal Department to see Xiao Xi's body!"
"I will go to Your Majesty's side later. When things get to this point, escaping is not an option!"
The three of them nodded sadly.
"Prince-in-law!"
"brother!"
"I am sorry for your loss!"
Liu Mingzhi nodded silently and looked at a guard on the side: "Brother, let me borrow the war horse. When the time comes, you can go to my mansion to get it!"
The imperial guard nodded respectfully: "Please, Duke Dingguo!"
Young Master Liu got on his horse and glanced at everyone: "Please check it more carefully, please!"
After saying that, he rode away.
The people in the city had been so frightened by the assassination that they huddled in their homes and did not dare to come out. Young Master Liu was not restrained in the slightest, and he galloped straight towards the Ministry of Punishment.
Yun Xiaoxi's sedan chair and corpse are always a hidden danger!
"Xiao Mingming, you are finally here!"
As soon as Young Master Liu handed the reins of the horse to the yamen servant, Liu Ying ran out of the yamen of the Ministry of Justice with tears in her eyes, looking at her with worry in her eyes.
Since Liu Ying appeared here, she must have come here after getting the news that the body of 'Yun Xiaoxi' and the sedan chair were not destroyed!
After glancing at the government servants coming and going around him, Mr. Liu took Liu Ying's wrist and walked towards a corner.
No one was paying attention, Liu Ying wiped away the tears on her cheeks: "This stinky Lingbi also said that this dogwood does not sting the eyes, which makes my sister unable to stop her tears from flowing down!"
"Has Xiaoxi left the city safely?"
Young Master Liu nodded silently: "I asked the Imperial Guards to spread out along the river to search for traces of the thieves. Xiaoxi has left quietly. So many Imperial Guards are so scattered that without Xiaoxi there is no one left.
You can detect it!"
"Now I think I should catch up with the Shadow Killer Guards and head towards the destination you arranged!"
"When I was escorting Xiaoxi out of the city, I saw people from the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple taking away the body of the man pretending to be Xiaoxi. I was afraid that they would find some clues from it!"
"As soon as Xiaoxi was sent out of the city, I galloped over in a hurry!"
"Both the Criminal Department and Dali Temple are experts in criminal investigation. How is it? How is the situation inside now? Ye Shangshu, did Ding Siqing notice anything wrong?"
"Xiao Xi's body cannot withstand verification. The female death row inmate pretending to be Xiao Xi is a woman who carried her husband to steal men. She is no longer perfect!"
"It simply cannot withstand careful inspection. The mere absence of palace sand is a big loophole!"
"On the way, I felt very worried. Once this matter is exposed, we will all be implicated, or even be punished with death!"
Liu Ying looked a little melancholy: "Ye Kaiming and the two old guys' senses are too sensitive..."
Young Master Liu frowned: "Without further ado, I'm going to meet them two and see if I can confuse their judgment!"