As soon as the genius was wiped out, the Ministry of Punishment and the Kaifeng Mansion jointly sent people to ask Sun Tu for help. There was indeed a big commotion in the west of the city during the day. It only took more than two hours, but it had already spread throughout the city, and their response was indeed faster than expected.
Faced with their request, Sun Tu really couldn't come up with a reasonable excuse to refuse. After all, with his current status, he really had no right to investigate the case, let alone to hold an important criminal like Liao Ren Xizuo in his hands. Fortunately, after they arrived, they carefully interrogated several people in the restaurant and confirmed that none of them had anything to do with the assassins. It didn't matter if they were handed over at this time. As for the Liao spies, since they had all fallen into the hands of the Ministry of Punishment, they could just let it go. They just do it.
However, when he asked people to hand over all these dozens of people to each other, Sun Tu still said with a serious face: "The Lord Renben has been handed over to you now, but you all owe me an explanation. Today in Langlang Qiankun, In full public view, I was assassinated. If I hadn't been lucky enough, I might have been killed by a thief. Since you, the Kaifeng Mansion, are in charge of the public security of the capital, you have the responsibility to find the assassin as soon as possible. At this time, I will have the tools Your Majesty, I hope you will not disappoint me!"
The officials of Kaifeng Prefecture who came to ask for help were immediately embarrassed when they heard this. This matter was really difficult to handle. But after meeting Sun Tu's serious and threatening eyes, he could only agree in a low voice, and then retreated with an uneasy mood.
When the people from the Ministry of Punishment also stood up to leave, Sun Tu said again: "By the way, the leak of the crossbows is not only related to Liao spies, but also to a crossbow master named Cheng Fang in the Gongnu Academy. Relatedly, he stole this crossbow structure diagram from the courtyard. I will also report this matter to the emperor. How to deal with it depends on you. "
The meaning of these sentences is very clear. Don't think about confusing the matter like this. Anyway, as long as there are clues that Sun Tu has grasped, he will report them truthfully. This made the hearts of the officials from the Criminal Department suddenly sink. This case was more difficult than imagined, but the hot potato had been taken over, so they had to bite the bullet and continue the investigation.
It wasn't until these people left that one of his subordinates said rather dissatisfiedly: "General, are we just going to hand over all of them? We have worked hard for so long, and you still... don't you even have the right or credit to intervene?"
Even Di Yingyang found it a bit difficult to accept: "Yes, General, especially the assassin matter. If we don't find out, it will be really uneasy."
"That's why I put pressure on the people in Kaifeng Mansion and asked them to help me find clues. At least it can be used to shake the mountain and shake the tiger out of the darkness!" Sun Tu said slowly: " And we have also confirmed that the people brought back from the hotel have nothing to do with this matter, so don't be too difficult. The top priority now is to find clues from those two corpses. I want to use Kaifeng Mansion to investigate the case I should be able to find something out soon."
"Are we just going to watch and do nothing?" Di Yingyang muttered.
"Of course we have something to do. In fact, I have found some clues." Sun Tu said, scanning the trustworthy brothers in front of him: "Think about it, why was I assassinated today? Who else would be assassinated? Such courage and ability?"
After some thinking, everyone came up with a guess: "Could it be that he is an accomplice of the Liao spy?"
, their assassination was fake, their rescue was real, but they failed in the end? "
Sun Tu shook his head and denied this speculation: "It's impossible, because these assassins have obviously always known our whereabouts, otherwise it would be impossible to seize such an opportunity. It's a pity that we were focused on tracking the location of the Liao spies and relaxed ourselves. Their safety was in danger, so they had an oriole behind them. But because of this, we can be sure that they have nothing to do with the Liao spies, otherwise they could have warned us earlier and ruined our overall plan. At the worst, they could have let the little one The accomplices in the hotel had fled earlier.”
Di Yingyang's mind was not slow, and he immediately nodded in agreement: "The general is right, and judging from their behavior from the time they attacked to the time they retreated, they didn't care about those Liao spies at all. If it were me, even if it were me, If we can’t save people, we have to kill people and silence them.”
"That's right, so I can be sure that the assassin has nothing to do with the Liao people."
"Then do you have any enemies that would risk your life at all costs? To assassinate you, a marquis named by the imperial court, is a big case. How much hatred must this have?" Di Yingyang frowned deeply. : "And being able to use crossbows to act, this force must be quite big, and it must be ranked among the top in Tokyo."
"Yes, but it should be possible to rule out the forces related to the Forbidden Army, because they have no enmity with me, and there are no relevant marks on the crossbows and arrows left behind. As for the people who have enmity with me, there have been quite a few recently, but It's not that serious." Sun Tu said, with a smile on his face.
This was unacceptable to everyone. You were assassinated in public. Not only were you not furious, but you were nervous and scared, why did you look so happy
Sensing the doubts in everyone's minds, Sun Tu smiled again and said: "Just because of this look, the identities of those assassins have been revealed. In terms of their hatred towards me, their lawless courage, coupled with urgency and strength, Who else would do that but the ditch rats in the resurgent worry-free holes?”
"People from Wuyou Cave?" Everyone suddenly fell into deep thought. Although they had just arrived in Tokyo not long ago, they had already heard about these guys who had been causing trouble to Tokyo for a long time. Di Yingyang raised his eyebrows: "These disasters have indeed become more and more courageous recently, and the people in the capital have suffered a lot from them. But for some reason, Kaifeng Mansion and other security agencies have been unable to do anything about them... "
"Yeah, I didn't expect that a few years later, they not only resurrected, but also became more and more rampant. Lao Cui warned me before, saying that some of them were planning to seek revenge on me, but choosing to take action at this time shows that A little too late, I’m afraid I’m close to catching them by the tail.”
"What does the general mean by this?" Everyone was a little confused again. They had never taken action against the rats in Wuyou Cave these days.
Sun Tu glanced at them: "Have you forgotten what we were checking before arresting the seductive spy?"
Someone immediately reacted: "General, you mean that the Zhou Xiong case we investigated is related to them?"
"I also had doubts before, how could ordinary street gangsters dare to kill people at will, especially when they were carefully prepared to kill my master. Now the answer is obvious, it is clearly what these lawless ditch rats did!" Assassination, counterattack
Sun Tu was asked to connect several seemingly unrelated things together: "Only they can use vicious means to kill people. Maybe they killed my master just to take revenge on me!" At this point, his expression changed again. It was a shame. If that was the case, the guilt in his heart would be even heavier.
"Could it really be these young people?" Di Yingyang still couldn't believe it. Even though he just said that the other party was causing harm to the capital, he actually still looked down upon them in his heart. After all, the guys in Wuyou Cave only bully ordinary people. They never dare to be enemies with the government. As for attacking high-ranking officials, it is unheard of.
"Don't underestimate them. The means and courage of these people are much greater than we imagined. Over the years, many children of wealthy families have been kidnapped, mostly by their own hands. You really Do you think they don't dare to attack officials?" Sun Tu sneered: "Besides, if I continue to investigate the case, I'm afraid their tail will be completely exposed."
"What do you mean, General?"
"Yang Huaichang... I think the breakthrough should be with him and his family." Sun Tu said firmly. Because the assassination only happened when he found Yang Huaichang, excluding the Liao spies, this was the only case left to make connections. So next, as long as we dig deeper into the affairs of Yang Huaichang's family, we can uncover these guys hiding in the shadows!
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In a luxurious study room, a father and son were having a conversation.
"You were behind what happened during the day, weren't you?" My father asked with a grin on his face.
The son lowered his head and looked guilty: "Father already knows?"
"Hmph, now the news has spread all over Tokyo. You are so brave. You actually dare to attack the third-rank official of the imperial court and the imperial title of Marquis."
"Hmph, he is just a third-grade official who is lucky. What does it matter? In my opinion, he is an incompetent person who sells wine. I have wanted to kill him for a long time! Ever since..."
The son's words were interrupted by his father's heavy slap on the case: "Ridiculous! I know you have a grudge against that Sun Tu, and I have a grudge against him, but revenge doesn't come like this. Do you know how much harm this will bring? Future troubles? If you can kill him, that's all. Now that others are still alive, they will definitely not let it go. And his ability, hum, as long as there is a little oversight, he will be able to find out the true identity of those under you. Can you Don’t forget, he carried out a mass killing in Tokyo many years ago. Do you think those shameless guys can really compete with him? He still has a tiger army in his hands! Also, once those people really If you fall into his hands, will they help you keep the secret?"
A series of harsh questions made his son's face become even more ugly, but he was still a little dissatisfied: "Dad, Sun Tu is not as powerful as you said. Not only do I have so many people available, but I also have a trump card that he would never have thought of. , I can still kill him then!”
"Hmph, I said, if you don't do anything about this again, we will send you out of Tokyo. Also, you must immediately cut off all contact with them. Whether they are dead or alive, it has nothing to do with us!" What happened in exchange was this. My father made a decisive decision.
For a time, the atmosphere in the study became more and more solemn, but the son did not dare to disobey his father's wishes after all, so he could only bow his head and comply.