For Xu Zun, the night in Xuanmiao City is destined to be different.
The bright moon hangs high, and the land is prosperous.
There are not only ancient Chinese-style buildings in the city, but also many exotic foreign buildings, as well as some wonderful and unique unknown buildings.
In a daze, Xu Zun had a strange and bizarre illusion.
But after absorbing the memories in my mind, I realized that the Great Mysterious Saint City has been visited by all nations and accommodates all things. Many foreigners and alien races have settled here since ancient times.
Take the elderly Cheng Tiejing of Dali Temple as an example. He is an old man with blue eyes, a tall nose, and obvious foreign features.
However, this did not affect his becoming the Prime Minister of Dali Temple.
Dali Temple is the head of the three Dali Temple, and the Dali Temple Chief is equivalent to the third-in-command of Dali Temple, second only to the Dali Temple Minister and the Dali Temple Shaoqing.
In this large-scale assassination incident, Liu Jin, the minister of Dali Temple, was also among them and unfortunately died.
Nowadays, Dali Temple is leaderless and a mess, so Tie Jing, who is sitting in the carriage, is a little absent-minded.
"Humph," the Eastern Divine Captor in the same carriage glanced through the curtain and snorted coldly, "The Inner Guards Mansion is getting more and more outrageous!
"At this time, instead of arresting the Xuanmen rebels, we get such a guy with unknown origins to investigate the case. It is a waste of time."
"Alas..." Tie Jing stroked his beard and said impetuously, "Just check, why are you torturing an old man like me in the middle of the night?"
"He doesn't think..." Dongfang Shenzhou guessed, "Can those female assassins be caught? Xuanmen has planned such a murderous case, so it must have already thought of a way out. We are obviously doing a useless job."
"These are not what I'm worried about," Tie Jing said. "The Inner Guards can't afford to offend them, so let them do what they want! What I'm most afraid of right now is that the Holy City will change!"
Tie Jing did not say it clearly, but the meaning was very obvious. What he was most worried about was that there would be chaos in the DPRK. He only thought about how he could avoid the disaster?
The Eastern Divine Catcher wanted to complain more, but when he saw that the topic between himself and Tie Jing could not spark any sparks, he shut his mouth and started thinking about something with his heart.
At the same time, Chen Taiji was reminiscing with Xu Zun in the carriage in front and introducing the situation to Xu Zun.
"Because the name is... um... special, Cai Geling didn't introduce her name to you," Chen Taiji said.
Her rank is not low, even many high-ranking officials in the court have to give her some credit.
"After all, the Divine Catching Division was founded by the Queen Mother herself. Who dares to offend?"
"Special?" Xu Zun was curious, "Then what is her name?"
"Dongfang Enchanrao," Chen Taiji said the name of Dongfang Shenqi, "she is a child of the plain aristocratic Dongfang family. She grew up in Xuanmiao City since she was a child. She often investigated cases and captured key criminals, so she was quite familiar with the streets of the Holy Capital.
She uses all the power, light and dark, black and white, and has an extremely wide network of contacts."
"Oriental enchanting..." Xu Zun smacked his lips and tasted it. He felt that this name was really special. No wonder Cai Kun didn't call him by his first name when introducing him.
"Ji Ying," Chen Taiji paused for a moment and said to Xu Zun, "do you think there is anything wrong with this large-scale assassination incident?"
Seeing that Xu Zun did not deny it, Chen Taiji's expression changed instantly.
"Why..." he asked in a low voice, "do you think Xuanmen's attack is not over?"
sharp……
Xu Zun looked at Chen Taiji. No wonder Cai Kun had a high opinion of this person. He was really quick in thinking.
"I'm not sure yet," Xu Zun said, "but Xuanmen named this attack a natural disaster. I'm afraid it's not that simple."
"Isn't it simple?" Chen Taiji said, "Xuanmen's assassination was not just targeted at the Holy City, but spread throughout the country, which has already shaken the foundation of Daxuan.
"A single spark can start a prairie fire," he said worriedly. "Originally, various forces were already dissatisfied with the Queen Mother, but now the fire has been ignited, and it is likely to be out of control!"
Um……
Although Xu Zun had just arrived, through contact and understanding, he already understood that the Empress Dowager Lin of the Daxuan Dynasty was different from Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty.
Although she wields great power and suppresses various forces, Queen Mother Lin has no intention of proclaiming herself queen, nor does she wantonly slaughter the royal bloodline.
Outsiders estimated that it was not that Empress Dowager Lin did not want to delegate power to the emperor, but that she could not delegate power because the emperor was weak and the emperor's uncles were like wolves and tigers. Once power was delegated, many variables would occur.
Therefore, the crisis before us may be fatal enough. Once those forces that are ready to take action use this as an excuse to cause chaos, Daxuan will definitely be in danger.
"Xuanmiao City seems to be calm," Chen Taiji sighed and shook his head. "In fact, a violent storm has been brewing for a long time, but I don't know when this violent storm will break out!?"
…
The Holy Capital was so big that the group of people walked for nearly half an hour before arriving at an elegant house in Xinglongfang.
This is the home of Ying Rang, the minister of the Ministry of Industry.
Since the Holy City has put under curfew, there are no pedestrians on the streets and it is extremely deserted. There is also no one at the door of the house.
Hou Zhen took the lead and knocked on the door. As the door opened, Hou Zhen showed his inner guard badge.
The tokens are also divided into levels. This one is the first-level internal guard token, which was personally signed by Lin Chaofeng.
Seeing the token, the people inside quickly opened the door and welcomed Xu Zun and others into the courtyard.
When I got to the courtyard, I saw that there were guards armed with weapons everywhere in front of and behind the house.
These guards were dressed in different clothes and were obviously from different departments. When they saw Dongfang Yaorao and Tie Jing getting out of the car, people they knew came up to say hello.
After seeing the two of them following Xu Zun into the house, the guards looked in surprise, thinking that a certain super official had arrived.
After entering the house, I saw Ying Rang's body placed in the hall, but no mourning hall was arranged, and none of the deceased's family members wore mourning.
Presumably for fear of causing panic, confidentiality work has been carried out here to keep the news secret.
Fortunately it is cold winter now, otherwise the body might not have been preserved.
After expressing his intention to the deceased's family, Xu Zun asked the eldest son of Minister Ying to take him to the crime scene.
"...Sir," the winner answered Xu Zun's question as he walked, "that concubine was married by my father three months ago. Her name is Rusha. She must be eighteen years old at most, right? She looks so thin.
How can you be so cruel?"
"Oh?" Xu Zun stopped and asked, "Did you see her commit the murder?"
"Yes!" said the winner, Dalang. "My father came back late that day due to official business, and the family was having dinner..."
As he spoke, he made a gesture of holding a bowl and putting rice into his mouth.
"As a result, Naru was so embarrassed that he cut off my father's throat with a knife..." Dalang, the winner, said with lingering fear, "Then, in front of our family, he walked out like that...
"We...we were all scared to death. When we chased her out again, she would have disappeared!"
While talking, Winner Dalang had already brought Xu Zun and others to the restaurant, but they saw obvious blood stains on the floor of the restaurant.
Seeing this situation, Xu Zun turned back and glanced at Ani.
As a result, Ani quickly took out a dagger, pressed it on the winner's neck, and asked: "Is the knife held backwards?"
"Ah..." Winner Dalang's face turned pale with fright, and he replied tremblingly, "Well... it seems... her posture when holding the knife is very strange, exactly the same as yours..."
Hearing this, Ani's eyes suddenly lit up, and she immediately put away the knife and came to Xu Zun, leaned close to Xu Zun and whispered in Xu Zun's ear:
"Let them draw a portrait. I seem to know the killer he mentioned."
"oh?"
Xu Zun nodded and wanted to give the order immediately, but Ani held his shoulders and added:
"I know a contact sign they use. You can look for it nearby..."
