"Sir," Huo Anu analyzed Xu Zun, "the curfew outside is so strict, and these men in black came so quickly, they must have been dormant nearby, right? It's a pity that no one was left alive!"
"They..." Xu Zun then remembered something and asked quickly, "Did they not leave after blocking the entrance to the cave?"
"There was no time," Hou Zhen said quickly. "After Miss Huo and I escaped, we happened to encounter the internal guards who came to support us on the road, so we killed them back in time."
"Yes," Huo Anu said, "When we came back, they had already buried most of the entrance of the cave. Seeing that there was not enough soil, they threw the beams, rocks and other debris down. If they had come a little later, they would have run away.
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"Well," Xu Zun nodded, "I can't worry about so much right now. Let's hand this person over to the internal guards. You guys come out with me. This time I really have something important to tell you!"
"Yes!" Everyone agreed in unison.
As Xiuzai pulled the traitor and was about to go out, Xu Zun suddenly remembered something and immediately stopped him.
Then, Xu Zun took out a piece of paper filled with marks from his arms and handed it to the person to look at.
"Take a good look at it. Do you recognize these marks?"
"This..." the agent replied, "it looks familiar. When I first joined them, once I found out any information, I would mark it in a fixed place.
"After finishing it, someone will come to ask questions, either beggars or vendors..."
oh……
Xu Zun immediately understood that this person had used a mark when he first joined, and after his inspection period passed, he could directly set up a station near the Shenhua Division.
From this point of view, this Xuanmen's intelligence agency is also quite advanced and sophisticated. No wonder it has been able to operate under the eyes of the Internal Guard and the Divine Catcher Division for such a long time.
Next, Xu Zun asked him to draw the previous marks, but found that they were completely different from the ones on his own paper.
It seems that these marks should be used for communication between various departments of Xuanmen. Even if they can be cracked, they will not be able to solve the urgent problem.
What Xu Zun is most worried about now is naturally the upcoming disaster plan!
After a while, Xu Zun took several core subordinates outside.
The temperature rose sharply and the sun was dazzling. Xu Zun, who had just emerged from the underground, was not used to it. Only then did he tell everyone his speculation.
Everyone was shocked after hearing this, especially Huo Anu.
"I always feel like something is missing. Now that I think about it, those pills are really powerful! If they were taken by the palace guards, the consequences would be disastrous!"
"Your Excellency, you don't know something," Ashuzai hurriedly reminded, "Whether it is the Jinwu Guards or the Yulin Guards guarding the palace, they are not allowed to eat from the palace."
"Oh?" Xu Zun asked hurriedly, "Where do you come from?"
"They all work on a shift guard system. They eat well in advance before entering the palace each time. After completing their duty, they return to the military camp to have a meal."
"It's broken." As a result, after hearing this information, Xu Zun was even more shocked, "Isn't this even worse!?
"It takes about half an hour for the pill to take effect. It's just enough time to mix the pill into the meal, and then it will take effect after entering the palace. Then... wouldn't it mean that there is no need to take the risk of transporting the pill into the palace?
"So, my previous thinking was wrong. It wasn't Xu Chi, the imperial physician, or maybe it wasn't the transporter...
"Axiuzai," he asked hurriedly, "do you know when the Jinwu Guards and Habayashi Guards will change shifts?"
"It's probably about noon! Oh, my God..."
One sentence suddenly shocked everyone.
The large-scale assassination operation seven days ago also took place at noon.
"At this time..." Hou Zhen clapped his hands fiercely, "I'm afraid they have finished their meal and are preparing to go to the palace to change shifts, right?"
"Quickly," Xu Zun ordered to Ashuzai, "quickly inform all the palace gates that these people cannot be allowed to enter the palace!
"Even if I guess wrong, it will be disruptive to the order and lie about the military situation. But if I guess right, it will be a huge crisis!"
"Yes, I understand the humble position, but..." Ashuzai said in embarrassment, "One is that the palace is so big, I'm afraid it will be too late to notify all the city gates; the other is that the palace guards are extraordinary, and we do not have enough authority, so we must report
You need to give Manager Lin the chance to stop them from changing shifts!"
"It doesn't matter," Xu Zun said, "You may try your best, but if you can't, you will deliberately cause trouble and stir up trouble. As long as the palace gate is in chaos, at least the guards who are supposed to be off duty will not leave!"
"Oh..." Ashuzai suddenly realized, "I understand, I'll do it right away and let my men go to each city gate separately!"
"Li Xing," Xu Zun ordered, "go inform General Manager Lin and Chief Cai Ge that there is an urgent need to support the palace as soon as possible!"
"yes!"
Li Xing and Asiu Zai immediately jumped on their fast horses and split up...
"Ani, Hou Zhen," Xu Zun ordered the two of them again, "go and do a more important thing for me. Carve these marks in conspicuous places around the palace..."
With that said, he handed the paper filled with Xuanmen symbols to the two of them.
"This..." Ani was confused, "Sir, have you understood the meaning of these marks?"
"I don't understand," Xu Zun said frankly, "It's just that if the catastrophe is really about to start, I just hope these marks can interfere with them!"
"Oh... I understand!" Ani nodded and immediately followed Hou Zhen's orders.
In fact, the reason why Xu Zun asked Hou Zhen to accompany Ani was not because he could not trust Ani, but because Ani was such a beautiful woman, and if she was not accompanied by an internal guard, she might cause unnecessary trouble.
Moreover, Hou Zhen can also order other guards to help, which will get twice the result with half the effort.
After everyone left, Xu Zun and Huo Anu jumped on their fast horses and headed straight for the Inner Guards Mansion.
"My lord, my lord..." Huo Anu asked on horseback, "At this time, shouldn't we go to the palace to have a look?"
"No!" Xu Zun said decisively, "The entire catastrophe event planned by Xuanmen is an extremely huge chess game. I must understand every step they take to be able to stop them! Drive..."
Saying that, Xu Zun galloped up his horse and increased his speed. Huo Anu immediately whipped up his horse to keep up...
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At the same time, in the pitch-black underground, Zhao Yu and several agents from the Divine Catcher Division were crawling in an extremely narrow passage.
This seems to be an ancient sewer. The stone bricks on both sides are old and black, showing the passage of time.
Because the passage was too narrow, Zhao Yu and others could not light torches and could only rely on the dim light of the fire sickles to illuminate the passage.
In this way, after crawling for a stick of incense, they finally climbed out of the passage and came to a relatively spacious space.
Even though it was just a moment of incense, for these people, it felt like a lifetime ago, and they all thought they would never come out again.
After the torch was lit, I saw many collapsed heads of gods appearing in front of me. Each of the heads was larger than a human, and their faces were ferocious and extremely terrifying.
Oops...
Several of the detectives were frightened and thought they were in the underworld.
At this moment, Zhao Yu was the only one who did not look afraid, but had a solemn expression.
After lighting the torch, he observed the statues for a moment, and then decisively motioned for the police officers to follow him.
It turned out that through a long search underground, the shrewd Zhao Yu had discovered the doorway.
Whenever he encountered a fork in the road, he would see a moist, black moss.
However, when he touched the moss, he found that it was not real moss, but made of some kind of twine. It was so lifelike that if you didn't look carefully, you couldn't tell.
In an instant, Zhao Yu understood everything!
Xu Zun said before that even if Xuanmen mastered Cao Ding's canal map, it would be impossible to find the correct road smoothly.
They also need to keep exploring and trying.
So since you have been groping and trying, it is impossible not to leave a mark for the next search.
However, once a mark is left, the probability of being discovered increases dramatically.
Therefore, they must think of a sign that can be recognized by their own people but will not be discovered by outsiders.
But... Zhao Yu is so smart. Although he has discovered this secret and is extremely excited, he does not show it at all.
Because he also knows that Xuanmen's people are extremely hidden, and he can't guarantee that there will be no problems with the few detectives who are following him now.
"Sir, Mr. Zhao..." At this time, a police officer couldn't help but asked, "We have come so far. Although we have left marks along the way, there are so many side roads, it is difficult to guarantee that we will remember it wrong!
"Look, should we go back and report to Mr. Xu first?"
"Shh..."
Unexpectedly, after Zhao Yu signaled them to be silent, he suddenly pulled out the saber from his back!
ah?
All the detectives were startled, shut up and went into alert mode.
At this moment, Zhao Yu had come to a corner, and a huge disc appeared in front of him, which seemed to be the base of the statue back then.
When I walked around the base, I saw something surprising appeared in front of me...
"Ah?" Everyone's eyes widened and they all took a breath, feeling that something was wrong.
But there were all kinds of clothes scattered on the ground, including men's clothes and women's clothes. It was obvious that a large group of people had changed clothes here before.
Moreover, among the clothes, there was actually armor that only palace guards could wear...
