"Shi Chun has been complaining about Cao Ding's housekeeper," As Xiuzai recounted, "blaming him for not killing Tie Jing.
"He said that their plan was so seamless that even if we knew that Tie Jing and Cao Ding had a transaction, it wouldn't be a problem. We can't be sure of any connection between the two.
"But it's completely different if he killed Tie Jing rashly. In this way, we will focus on the relationship between Tie Jing and Cao Ding..."
"Oh?" Xu Zun asked again, "Where is the housekeeper? What did he say?"
"The butler didn't plead anything," Ashuzai recalled. "He just said that the overall situation has been decided and no one can stop them, and then...then he also mentioned the heavenly calamity, but because the voice was too low, I didn't hear it clearly.
“Later on, I don’t know which one of them made the first move, but they suddenly started fighting and broke down the door, exposing me.
"When I saw it, Shi Chun had already been pierced by the sword, and then I started fighting with the housekeeper..."
"Ani," at this time, Zhao Yu suddenly gestured to Ani and said, "If you had come down earlier, maybe the situation would have been different!"
"Me?" Ani frowned, "What do you mean?"
"That butler's sword moves are exactly the same as yours!" Zhao Yu said sarcastically, "It's really fierce!"
"What?" Ani was more sensitive, and immediately asked with wide eyes, "Do you doubt me? Do you suspect that I have known the housekeeper for a long time?"
"I didn't say that." Zhao Yu shrugged his shoulders and quickly took a step back.
"I think you didn't catch me and just wanted to find an excuse! Humph!" Ani snorted, obviously angry.
"Okay," Xu Zun stopped the two of them from talking and said, "No wonder Shi Chun, the general and great craftsman, would openly tell us about the relationship between Tie Jing and Cao Ding!
"The more naturally you say it, the less suspicious we will be. What this butler did was indeed not very wise."
"Presumably..." Zhao Yu said thoughtfully, "Tie Jing and Dongfang Yaorao were chatting in the hall. As they were chatting, Tie Jing remembered that he had made a deal with Cao Ding, and from this he thought about whether Xuanmen
The conspiracy is hidden in those ancient maps...
"As a result, the undercover housekeeper became more and more frightened after hearing this, so he decided to assassinate Tie Jing and Dongfang Yaorao on the spot!
"See? Is my guess reasonable?"
Xu Zun nodded slightly, but a trace of doubt arose in his heart.
Isn’t that right?
Since it was murder and silence, why did the housekeeper just label him Dongfang Enchanrao after he killed Tie Jing?
Shouldn't Dongfang Enchanting also be killed with one sword?
call……
Thinking of this, Xu Zun was frightened for a while, but when he thought about it again, he felt unsure.
Because, the reason why the housekeeper seriously injured Dongfang Yaorao might be that Dongfang Yaorao had martial arts skills and he could not easily kill her.
That's why he used smoke that can induce coma.
Perhaps...the housekeeper knew that Dongfang Yaorao was not weak in martial arts, so he seriously injured him first and then killed Tie Jing.
And when he wanted to kill Dongfang Yaorao again, he was discovered and could only escape?
Of course, there may be another, more terrifying possibility!
That is, Xuanmen's catastrophe plan is about to be launched. He does not need to kill Dongfang Yaorao at all, he only needs to seriously injure her and make her unconscious.
By the time the enchanting Dongfang awakened, it was already too late.
Tsk tsk...
The more Xu Zun thought about it, the more terrifying it became. The scene in front of him was enough to explain two things.
One is that Xuanmen indeed has a real disaster plan!
The other is that they may take action soon!
"Sir..." Li Xing said to Xu Zun after observing carefully for a long time, "You see, the surface of this ditch is not smooth, and it seems to have traces of trampling!"
Xu Zun bent down to take a look, and sure enough he found some fresh marks on the canal wall, which looked like someone had stepped on them.
"Perhaps..." Li Xing speculated, "They built a secret door here and it was used for rappelling before, right?
"Look!" he said, pointing to a protruding metal rod at the door, "This should be used to tie ropes or ladders.
"Sir!" He looked down and said excitedly, "The Xuanmen rebels are probably hiding down there!"
"Yes, yes!" Zhao Yu was eager to try, "Sir, let's go down and take a look!"
"Okay!" Xu Zun also pretended to be excited and said to Zhao Yu, "Then you should be the first one to go down!"
"Okay! Well...this..." Only then did Zhao Yu realize that he had no rope at all.
"Sir," Ashuzai said, "This matter is extremely urgent, so we should inform the Imperial Guard first! Oh..."
But I saw that Ashuzai was pale due to excessive blood loss and looked extremely painful.
"That's right," Zhao Yu said, "God knows how many Taoist rebels are down here? We need to send more people over."
"Well..." Xu Zun nodded and said worriedly, "I'm not afraid of the crowd, but I'm afraid I won't be able to find him!"
Xu Zun's words brought everyone back to reality. Now everyone knows that there are many ancient cities under Xuanmiao City, with countless culverts and ravines. Even if they can lead troops down, how can they easily find people?
What's more, there are no ropes hanging from the walls of the ravine, which shows that the people below have no intention of returning the same way.
Or maybe, this is just one of the many entrances and exits to the underground city.
Xu Zun soon realized that the clues he found now seemed important, but they might not really help him catch the Xuanmen rebels.
Therefore, if you want to truly solve the problem, you must know where are those Taoist rebels?
And more importantly, you need to know what exactly they want to do?
"Old Zhao," Xu Zun ordered, "take two people to guard here.
"Li Xing immediately prepared ropes and other materials, and then prepared all the manpower to go down to explore the actual situation."
"Yes!" Li Xing promised.
"Remember," Xu Zun warned, "when you see the situation is not good, come up quickly. Don't go in blindly to avoid mistakes."
"yes!"
"Everyone else, follow me back to the Inner Guards Mansion!"
After Xu Zun gave the last order, he asked Ani to support Ashuzai and prepare to leave the secret room.
However, when Xu Zun was about to leave the bedroom, he suddenly smelled a scent.
Why?
He immediately stopped and looked at the bedroom carefully again.
But I saw that in addition to the bed, bedding and other items, there was a dressing table in the bedroom.
There are also items such as rouge on the dressing table, and the fragrance is emitted from those items.
woman!!?
Xu Zun thought secretly, and suddenly thought of a possibility, could it be... that this is the hiding place of one of the Xuanmen female assassins?
Could it be Cao Ding’s wife?
call……
When Xu Zun thought of this possibility, he suddenly felt goosebumps all over his body.
If you think about it carefully, Cao Ding's wife, housekeeper and subordinates are all from Xuanmen. What does this mean?
It shows that Cao Ding is completely monitored by Xuanmen, which also explains another crucial issue.
Cao Ding is crucial to Xuanmen’s catastrophe!
To be more precise, the ancient maps in Cao Ding's hands are the top priority. Only by revealing the secrets of the ancient maps can we know what they are going to do...
