Since Xu Zun ordered his guards to check Ying Rang's work situation before, only four people, including Hou Zhen and A Xiuzai, were following him at the moment.
After breaking into the home of Shuiling Prime Minister Cao Ding, everyone quickly closed the door and locked it with the door bolt. At the same time, they all blocked the door with their shoulders, for fear that the soldiers outside would rush into the courtyard.
"You... you..."
Just like Ying Rang's house, there are also guards sent by the Internal Guards Mansion, the Divine Catcher Division, Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment.
When they saw someone breaking in, they all showed their weapons.
"Shhh..." Hou Zhen quickly showed his inner guard badge. Everyone was startled and quickly clasped their fists and saluted.
"Shh..."
Hou Zhen shushed them again, telling them to be quiet.
Hululu...
At this moment, a large number of soldiers rushed past the door, mixed with shouts of killing, as if they were going to fight somewhere.
In an instant, a fire suddenly broke out outside the courtyard, as bright as day. Cannons were fired in the direction of the palace, shaking the earth and shocking everyone.
Fortunately, the group of soldiers who suddenly appeared outside did not seem to be coming towards Xu Zun and others. They ran past outside quickly, and their voices soon weakened.
Huchi...
Huchi...
Look at Xu Zun and others gasping for breath, with cold sweat all over their faces. Even Hou Zhen and other guards of the Imperial Guard have never encountered such an emergency.
"Master Xu!" As Xiuzai reacted first and asked Xu Zun for instructions, "There is such a chaos in the Holy Capital. I must report back to the Inner Guards Mansion and find out the situation at the same time. Sir..."
"Okay..." Xu Zun nodded, "Pay attention to safety!"
"Axiuzai," Zhao Yu added, "You might as well go and have a look. Don't forget to come back and tell us when you find out what happened."
"yes!"
Asiuzai immediately climbed up a jujube tree in the courtyard, then jumped to the wall and disappeared into the night in the blink of an eye.
Xu Zun wanted to praise him as "good Qinggong", but it was obviously inappropriate.
"My lords..." At this time, a guard asked, "What happened? There seems to be a fight outside!"
"Yes," a guard wearing a police officer's uniform asked, "Is there a mutiny?"
"Shut up!" Dongfang Enchanting immediately scolded, "Mind your own business, be careful of trouble coming out of your mouth."
"Dong...Mr. Dongfang..." The policeman finally recognized Dongfang Enchanrao, and quickly clasped his fists and saluted, not daring to say anything again.
Tie Jing originally wanted to express some opinions, but after Dongfang Yaorao shouted like this, he didn't dare to say anything nonsense.
"Ji Ying," Chen Taiji came to Xu Zun's side and whispered, "it seems that this disaster operation has achieved results! We... are still too late after all!"
Chen Taiji's words were full of helplessness. Things had developed to such an extent that people like them could no longer control it.
"Special Envoy Xu," Dongfang Enchanting said to Xu Zun at this time, "the current situation is unclear. What do you think we should do?"
Dongfang Enchanting's words were obviously full of complaints. From the beginning, she thought Xu Zun was doing useless work.
It's good now, the Holy City is in chaos, so why bother to investigate?
However, in the face of Dongfang Enchanting's question, Xu Zun said very firmly: "Didn't you just say that? Mind your own business and do our own jobs!"
"you……"
Hearing Xu Zun's words, everyone was surprised and all looked at him strangely.
"Why..." Tie Jing muttered in a low voice, "At this time, we can't even protect ourselves, why do we still need to investigate?"
"If there is really a rebellion," Xu Zun said, "then it would be safer for us to go back to the Inner Guards now and stay here."
this……
Everyone thought about it and realized that what Xu Zun said was quite reasonable. If there was really a rebellion, then it would be easy to say that the government forces would win.
But once the rebels win, they will naturally not let go of important departments like the Internal Guards. Not to mention the Internal Guards, the Divine Catching Department, Dali Temple and the Criminal Department have all become dangerous areas.
Therefore, instead of going back, it would be better to stay at the home of Shuiling Cheng Cao Ding.
"In that case," Xu Zun turned to face Cao Ding's mansion and said, "Idle time is idle, why not continue investigating the case!"
…
After a while, Xu Zun and others who entered Cao Ding's residence calmed down their emotions slightly, but it was impossible to be completely calm.
People as old as Tie Jing have never encountered a mutiny in the Holy City, let alone others.
Everyone is restless and anxious, fearing that this rebellion will turn into a war and massacre.
To be honest, Xu Zun was also unsure and extremely depressed, but there was nothing he could do about it?
Zhao Yu was absolutely right. He was really like a disaster star coming down to earth. Big events would happen wherever he went.
Originally, he thought that he had seen a lot of things in the world, but compared with his current situation, all that was nothing!
I thought the iron coffin case was the peak at the beginning, but now it seems that it doesn't even count as vitiligo.
Oh my god!
When I came to Daxuan, I wanted to live happily, but how could I end up like this? How could I cause chaos in the world?
While he was thinking about it, a guard from the Inner Guards Mansion had already led Xu Zun to Cao Ding's study, and at the same time introduced Xu Zun:
"Cao Lingcheng was killed here.
"At noon the day before yesterday, Cao Lingcheng did not take a lunch break because he was busy with work and had been working in the study.
"The assassin should be Cao Lingcheng's wife Meixiang. According to the servants in the family, she has never been seen again since Cao Lingcheng was killed."
"Meixiang? Wife?" Xu Zun asked quickly, "Not a concubine?"
"Yes," the guard nodded and introduced, "Cao Lingcheng's first wife died early and had no children. Unexpectedly, he was single for many years, but he still couldn't resist the temptation and married Mei Xiang a year ago.
"This Meixiang is extremely beautiful, and she is only twenty years old."
"Then...where is she from?" Xu Zun asked.
"I asked," the guard said, "the servants didn't know either. They just now realized that this person was suspicious, because no one from her mother-in-law has ever come to visit her since she came here."
"Where is the wound?" Xu Zun asked again, "How was Cao Lingcheng assassinated?"
"Sealing the throat with a sword," the guard said, "the movement was clean and neat. Looking at the wound, it was definitely not caused by an ordinary person. That Meixiang must have profound martial arts."
"Um……"
Xu Zun nodded slightly. From this point of view, Cao Ding's situation was the same as that of Ying Rang. He was killed by a well-trained Xuanmen assassin.
Although this Meixiang is the wife of the principal wife, her nature is the same as that of a concubine.
Xu Zun carefully inspected the scene, but saw that the study was extremely messy, with books and albums scattered on the floor, and there were eye-catching blood stains on the desk, exuding an unpleasant smell.
But judging from the blood stains, Cao Ding should have been lying on the desk after being stabbed, so the desk was stained with blood.
But……
Xu Zun's powers of observation were astonishing. He found several doubtful points after just a few glances.
First of all, since Cao Ding was assassinated in front of the bookcase, why was the house so messy?
Could it be...that the assassin was looking for something?
Or...what is the assassin trying to cover up?
The second point is that the blood stains on the desk are uneven. It seems that someone took something from the desk after Cao Ding died, which caused the blood stain to change its shape.
Judging from the traces, what was taken away should be documents or books.
The last point is also the point that Xu Zun cannot understand the most.
According to Mei Xiang's skill, if you want to assassinate Cao Ding, it must not be a difficult task, right?
So... is it necessary for her to commit herself to marry Cao Ding first, and then wait until she lies dormant for a year before killing him?
"grown ups……"
Xu Zun was thinking to himself, but Ani across from him pointed to the corner of the bookcase and said to Xu Zun:
