It was past noon when Xu Zun came out from Liang Guogong Xue Guihua's house to investigate the case and sat in the carriage deep in thought.
Liang Guogong's mansion is much more luxurious than the ones I have seen before, and Cao Ding's family is much more luxurious.
There are many houses and many corridors in the mansion. If there is no one to guide you, you may even get lost.
There are also many guards and followers around Xue Guihua, including some who are agile and have profound skills.
Because of this, Xue Guihua's concubine did not escape after stabbing Xue Guihua to death. Instead, she was cornered by these guards and committed suicide on the spot when she saw no way out.
Therefore, the assassin's body was also placed in the palace, and Xu Zun performed a simple autopsy on it.
After some investigation, Xu Zun also got some doubts that were different from before.
First, they did not find the mysterious mark at the assassination scene.
On the day of the incident, after Xue Guihua had lunch, he and his concubine went back to the bedroom to rest, and then the concubine was able to commit the murder.
Unfortunately, several of Xue Guihua's followers happened to pass by the door and noticed something was wrong, so they did not let the concubine escape.
Xu Zun and Ani searched the house for a long time, but did not find that strange mark.
Secondly, the concubine cut her throat with a dagger and committed suicide.
This may seem normal, but it actually contains important information.
According to Ani, Xuanmen arranges deadly poison for assassins. Once exposed, they must swallow the poison and die to prevent being caught and leaking the secret.
When Ani herself was captured, she had already taken out the pills, but it was a pity that Huo Anu, who had quick eyesight and quick hands, knocked them away and stopped her in time.
However, this concubine did not carry this poison on her body, but chose to kill herself, which seems unreasonable...
"My lord, my lord..." At this time, Zhao Yu raised the curtain and entered the carriage, reporting to Xu Zunhui, "The people from the Imperial Guard said that all the Xuanmen information you want is at Bi Sheng, the leader of the left pavilion.
"They said... there are rules at Bige Ling that no information can be taken out, so... if you want to see it, you have to go there in person..."
Um……
Xu Zun nodded slightly, this was one of the conditions he proposed to Lin Chaofeng.
Since you want to catch Xuanmen rebels, you must understand the ins and outs of Xuanmen. So Xu Zun wants Lin Chaofeng to provide him with detailed information, including the origin of Xuanmen, the rebel members captured over the years, and interrogation records, etc...
Lin Chaofeng naturally agreed, but she didn't expect that she would have to come to check.
"Okay," Xu Zun nodded, "I understand. I will go over after checking the crime scenes."
"Sir..." Unexpectedly, Asiuzai came in through the curtain again, holding a pile of documents and said to Xu Zun, "Sir, these are the details of this assassination compiled by the internal guards. They are all complete."
"good!"
Xu Zun wanted to get this information because he didn't want to waste time on the road. He had to understand the situation as quickly as possible.
"Sir," Ashuzai put down the information and asked, "Whose house should we go to next? This place is relatively close to the house of Liu Jin, the minister of Dali Temple."
"Okay," Xu Zun agreed, "then go to his house first."
"Yes!" Asiu Zai exited the carriage and went to inform the driver.
At this moment, two girls, Huo Anu and Ani, were sitting in the carriage. After last night's torment, the two girls were quite tired and were leaning on the backrest with their eyes closed to rest.
However, Zhao Yu was still in high spirits. After the carriage started, he said in Xu Zun's ear:
"Dali Temple Supervisory Censor, isn't that Li Jinlou's position? Probably a fifth-rank official?" He pinched his fingers and said, "The Dragon Catcher of the Divine Catcher Division is very powerful. To tell you the truth, I used to work in
I had heard of it when I was with the Zhao family.
"It is said that this Dragon Catcher is a top expert in the Divine Catcher Division. He is responsible for apprehending those gangsters with high martial arts skills, so he often comes to our Zhao family to buy information, hehe..."
Seeing that Xu Zun was looking at the information attentively, Zhao Yu smiled as if he was asking for trouble and sat down next to Xu Zun.
"Then..." Unexpectedly, Xu Zun looked at the information and asked, "Where is the special case investigation envoy of the Internal Security Bureau?"
"Hey, I was just about to say something!" Zhao Yu rolled up his sleeves and said, "This is the first time I have heard of this name. I would also like to ask you what rank you are considered to be?"
"Anuqie," unexpectedly, Huo Anu from deep in the carriage suddenly said, "There are still six and a half days left in the seven days. I don't care about the case, but I want to think about my official position."
"Huh?" Xu Zun pressed down the information and asked, "I just remembered, among these victims, who had the highest official position and who had the smallest official position?"
"This..." Zhao Yu and others naturally couldn't say anything.
Xu Zun quickly looked through the information. The person with the highest official position was undoubtedly the Duke of Liang, Xue Guihua, whom he had just checked.
The Duke of the State is a member of the first rank of Daxuan, and naturally has the highest rank.
As for who is the youngest...
Xu Zun checked for a moment and found that the Holy Capital Warden, the Holy Capital Transfer Messenger, and the Supervising Censor were all of lower rank, all being fifth-grade officials.
However, although these three official positions are slightly lower, they are all worthy of the name. Generally speaking, there are no strong backers, and it is absolutely difficult to hold this position.
Wait...it seems...there is a smaller one.
Xu Zun turned to the end of the document and read out a name: "Imperial physician Xu Chi...Tsk, tsk, what rank is this imperial physician?"
"Um……"
As a result, Zhao Yu and others were stunned.
"There are many types of imperial doctors," Ani said. "They also have levels, right?"
"Axiuzai!" Xu Zun opened the car curtain and asked loudly outside, "What rank is the imperial physician Xu Chi?"
"Fifth grade," Ashiuzai's reply came from outside, "Xu Chi is from the Taiyuan Hospital. Let's start with the fifth grade!"
Taiyuan's point is that he is the largest official in Taiyuan, which means that Xu Chi is the head of the imperial doctors.
Even so, he was still ranked behind the three people including the warden, and was the youngest person among those killed in this assassination!
Xu Chi...
Imperial physician...
Xu Zun remembered what Lin Chaofeng had said before. Among all the victims, this was the only one who did not have a holiday with the Queen Mother.
Not only did they not have any holidays, but they had a very good relationship and were deeply trusted by the Queen Mother.
So... Xuanmen chose to assassinate him, would there be any purpose behind it?
seem……
Among all the victims, Dr. Xu was the only one who could enter the Wanfu Palace and have close contact with the Queen Mother, right?
Tsk tsk...
The more Xu Zun thought about it, the more suspicious he felt here, so he opened the information and wanted to see the circumstances of Xu Chi's murder.
At this moment, the carriage suddenly stopped, and Liu Dong's voice came from outside:
"Sir, we're here!"
All right……
Xu Zun had no choice but to temporarily put down the materials and get out of the carriage.
But suddenly a high-walled courtyard appeared in front of them. Two stone lions stood at the entrance of the courtyard. The stone lions had been exposed to many winds and rains and had lost their luster.
"Is this Liu Jin's home?" Xu Zun asked everyone.
"Yes, sir." As Xiuzai answered, there was something strange on his face.
Xu Zun didn't notice it at first, but when he took a few steps forward, he found that Hou Zhen and others were lined up on both sides, and he was not in a hurry to open the door.
this……
Suddenly...a familiar memory came to his mind. Xu Zun suddenly woke up, pointed at the door and said in surprise:
