"Damn it!" Bu Lingchen's low voice quietly echoed in the hall.
It is really discouraging that a person who was finally captured alive died in such a tragic way.
After a moment, Wu Tianxia said, "Since you followed this man in, it proves that the other party's target is you, so I think you need to tell us what you are investigating."
"Why?" Qin Ge asked anxiously, "Why don't you want to tell me what you are investigating?"
"Okay!" Nie Han nodded and said, "If we talk first, will you be willing to be frank?"
"Old Three!" As soon as Nie Han finished speaking, Wu Tianxia immediately became anxious. The secret that Shenhou Mansion was investigating was the secret of the Song Dynasty. How could it be leaked? Not only Wu Tianxia, but even Bu Lingchen's face behind him, which had never melted for thousands of years, could not help but change.
"Okay!" Zhou Yi nodded and said firmly: "A real man's word is as good as gold. If you are sincere, I will never lie to you even if I am drunk!"
Nie Han looked back at Wu Tianxia, stretched out his hand and made a pressing gesture, indicating that he should rest assured, and then slowly said: "Recently, there has been no peace anywhere, and His Majesty has become more nervous than ever about the current situation. He has specially ordered the Grand Tutor's Mansion to take charge and the Six Gates to help collect a huge amount of military funds from all over the country! It is said that it is enough to raise another 500,000 imperial guards!"
"Five hundred thousand imperial guards?!" Murong Yanran was surprised and muttered, "Could it be that even the Song Dynasty is preparing to join the war?"
"This is news we did not expect." Nie Han said, "But this huge sum of money was robbed during transportation, and none of the two thousand imperial guards and five hundred and sixty elite soldiers who were escorting it survived! When the news reached the palace, His Majesty was furious, and even Prime Minister Cai, who was in charge of this matter, was almost beheaded. Now the three of us are taking action at the same time to recover this huge sum of money."
"But what does this huge sum of money have to do with this dilapidated temple?" Zhou Yi frowned and asked.
"Even if the silver is packed in boxes, it would take at least dozens of carts to equip an army of 500,000. It is naturally not easy to transport such a large amount of money. It is simply a pipe dream to rob the entire batch, so the only possibility is..."
"Break up into small pieces, disperse into dozens of batches, scatter into the world, and then reunite in a different place!" Qiu Ruoshui replied.
"That's right!" Nie Han said calmly, "We immediately mobilized all the spies in the Divine Marquis Mansion and the Six Gates to investigate secretly, and only then did we discover that this matter was actually related to the Heluo Central Plains and the Western Rakshasa Sect."
"Bullshit!" Qin Ge rushed out immediately, his face flushed, "We are the most loyal gang in the world of Jianghu. We are upright and honest. How could we rob you of your money and cooperate with the Western Rakshasa Cult? You... you are maliciously slandering me!"
Zhou Yi grabbed Qin Ge and calmed him down, then smiled and motioned for Nie Han to continue.
"Unfortunately, after Xiao Qianjue's death, Heluo Zhongyuan fell too quickly, and the clues we had been tracking down with great difficulty suddenly fell into oblivion. Fortunately, we changed our direction and secretly investigated the affairs of the Rakshasa Cult, and unexpectedly discovered a Rakshasa Cult hall here! So we came here specially to check it out."
Murong Yanran nodded, looked at Zhou Yi, and slowly spoke, telling the story of Murong Chunqiu's suspicion about the branch here, and his bizarre death during the battle of Suzhou.
Many of the things that happened here were so unbelievable that the three famous detectives sighed.
After a moment, Wu Tianxia said with a little hesitation: "According to what you two said, the traitor in Xiaoxiang Pavilion should be Duopo. He is the spy planted in Xiaoxiang Pavilion by the Western Rakshasa Cult. Then this place must be the lair of the Rakshasa Cult!"
"That's right!" Qiu Ruoshui on the side also nodded vigorously and said, "It seems that after Murong Chunqiu died, Duopo used the strategy of escaping from the shell, and even this branch has been completely abandoned! So what should we do next?"
Nie Han said: "It seems that we are inextricably linked. Since Brother Qianbei has no clues for the time being, why don't you return to Kaifeng with us and help us investigate the official silver case? Who knows?"
"this... ... ."
"Third brother, what do you mean?" Wu Tianxia's face suddenly changed. Even though Qianbeibuzui had never had any grudges against the Song Dynasty, this man had a bad reputation. How could he be brought into the Shenhou Mansion? Wouldn't this be like inviting a wolf into the house
“No problem, no problem!” Nie Han turned around and gently pressed Wu Tianxia’s shoulder, smiling meaningfully, “I think there’s probably someone else in the Divine Marquis’s Mansion who wants to see Qianbeibuzui more than any of us!”
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The exquisite Vermillion Bird bronze lamp burned quietly, the flame occasionally jumped, and the shadows around it trembled. The civil and military officials standing in the hall kept shrinking their bodies, subconsciously trying to hide in the shadow of the bronze pillar.
They were not afraid of the light of the Suzaku Lantern, but of the owner of this palace.
"Waste! All of you waste!" The Emperor of the Song Dynasty jumped up from the magnificent dragon throne in anger, and slammed the dragon table with his huge and fat hands. The majestic and terrifying voice resounded throughout the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
"There are hundreds of people in the Six Gates and the Patrol Department. They are called God Catchers, Hero Catchers, and Guandong Heroes. They usually boast that they are countless masters and are as strong as iron and indestructible! But they can't even guard a small prison, making the whole capital panic and the people are in a mess! They are all good-for-nothings!"
"Your Majesty, please calm down!" The emotion of fear spread involuntarily throughout the entire Hall of Supreme Harmony. As he grew older over the years, the First Emperor's temper became more and more violent. Just a few days ago, he had dozens of palace servants beaten to death. Such a big incident happened in the Heavenly Prison today, and I am afraid that a bloody storm will be stirred up.
Seeing the whole court of civil and military officials bowing together, the emperor's expression gradually eased. He coughed twice and said, "Prince, the Six Gates and the Patrol Department are usually under your command. Please explain to me!"
"This..." A handsome man with a slightly plump figure walked out slowly, knelt down in front of the emperor, and said with a slightly crying voice: "I am guilty of incompetence and deserve death. I hope..."
"You deserve to die, you deserve to die..." The emperor jumped out of the high platform in a rage, drew the imperial sword from his waist, and roared, "You useless bastard, you think I dare not kill you, right? Ah?"
"Your Majesty, please think twice!" Upon seeing this, all the civil and military officials in the court kowtowed again and pleaded for mercy for the prince.
"Your Majesty, the loss of the Heavenly Prison may not be a bad thing!" A distant voice came from afar. Looking in the direction of the voice, I saw a Taoist wearing a Taoist cap and long robe. He had black hair, was about forty years old, had a clean face, and two long eyebrows hung down between his cheeks. He looked like an immortal or a Taoist master.
This Taoist is the world's number one alchemy master, the only disciple of the 'Alchemy King' An Shiqing, and the 'Alchemy Saint' - Wuguizi.
"Oh? What do you mean by that, Master?" (To be continued)