The Prince with the Sword Goes to the End of the World

The rain is light and the river is green,

Fans looking at the traces of the boat.

Ten li Qinhuai parting lightly,

Chi Rong reminisces about the dwelling in the pavilion.

At the gate of the imperial city, Feige Liudan, with a magnificent momentum, rises from the ground.

The corners of the eaves are flying up, and the green road on the tiles leads directly to the bustling market in the city, while the road outside the city gate does not seem to be deserted than the inside of the city. The vendors on both sides are spread out on the ground, and there are pattern objects placed on the unfolded square cloth; Tea stalls and noodle stalls yelled again and again, and people passing by the city gates kept passing by, stopping to rest, casually looking at strange objects, all of them had pleasant faces, so uncomfortable.

And in this prosperous scene, if you want to find someone who is a master of Gu, how easy is it?Xiao Zuo, who was originally high-spirited and full of fighting spirit, became listless when he came outside the city gate, "Brother... there are... so many people, how can we find the murderer?"

"Haha, if you were the murderer, how would you leave the city?" I looked at Xiao Zuo's expression, smiled slightly, and said.

"I will definitely put on a disguise so that no one will notice." Xiao Zuo said hastily.

"What if the murderer is so conceited that no one can recognize him at all?" I stared at the city and said indifferently.

"Then... isn't it different from the clothes of ordinary people? Where do we start?" Xiao Zuo asked anxiously.

"Haha, Brother Xiao, you seem really stupid... I don't know how this Jinyiwei Qianhu was promoted..." Su Haitang sneered.

"You two are making fun of me again. I admit that I am not as smart and capable as you, but... you are not afraid that the murderer will slip away from your noses?" Xiao Zuo said angrily.

"I'm afraid, I'm really afraid that the murderer will slip away, so we have to act now."

"Brother Xiao is from the right, Miss Haitang is from the left, and I am from the middle. The three of us just need to walk over murderously. If the murderer is here, we will naturally mess up." I patted Xiao Zuo on the shoulder, Repeatedly.

"It's... that simple?" Xiao Zuo said in surprise.

"Yes, it's that simple!" I said resolutely.

In fact, I know in my heart that it is not that simple at all, but doing so is also a method.But to deal with people with rich experience in the rivers and lakes, this method may not work.Sometimes, you can only rely on your intuition and experience to gamble on your luck...

Wherever the three of us went, passers-by cast strange glances, or stayed, or sluggishly, or tightly guarded the package, but no one fled in fear.

It is also because of this that if the expression is brighter, the more suspicious it is, and the smell cannot dissipate in a short time.I stopped abruptly, only to feel a strong smell of alcohol passing by me. I turned my head and looked, and saw a person walking nonchalantly. He was not in a hurry, fearless or overbearing, and even looked at the three of us with disdain.

My index finger slid on the bridge of my nose, a smile appeared in my eyes, and I chased after him, "My little brother, do you know where the wine is the strongest?"

"Haha, you are joking, how does the villain know where the wine can get into your mouth?" The man laughed dryly.

"Little brother keeps drinking as company, I thought you knew it, but my luck seems to be not very good, no one told me, haha..." I stared at him and laughed loudly.

"If you are looking for wine, the Imperial City Yingtian Mansion is behind you, and you will not be disappointed." The man said calmly.

"Yes, the wine at Yuelai Inn in the city is even sweet and delicious, but I don't like the waiter in the inn a little bit." I said.

"Oh? Did the waiter offend you?" The man said in surprise.

"That's not true, it's just not as funny as the waiter in other places. Not only is it not funny, but it also lacks some sense, the sense of how to behave and do things." I said sternly.

"Haha, a waiter in the shop, if he can understand the truth, he just needs to be a good guy." The man laughed.

"Yes, but there are some shop assistants in the world who are not very peaceful. Not only are they not good at being clerks, but they are also very sensible. Even I have benefited a lot from listening to them." I said again.

"The waiter in the store doesn't seem to live long, because you want to find him." The man said darkly.

"Yes, although he is still alive, he is no different from a dead person." I said.

"Sometimes, people are too confident, which is not a good thing." The man said.

"Yeah, it's really not a good thing, but sometimes you can't even think about being confident." I said.

"Haha, do you think you can catch that funny and reasonable waiter you're looking for?" the man said.

"It should be possible. I thought it was just a dead person here, a living dead person." I said.

"Brother, what are you muttering about? I've wandered around a few times, but I haven't seen anyone who wants to run away." Xiao Zuo yelled lightly.

"People who have no brains may not grow brains in this lifetime, and the person they are looking for has been found." Su Haitang, with her shoulders in her arms, slowly came to my side, looking up and down at the person I was talking to. people.

"Ah? Could it be..." Xiao Zuo was stunned for a moment, looked at the person in front of me, suddenly woke up, walked over quickly, and hugged the person tightly from behind.

"Haha, I know that all of you are excellent in martial arts, but in front of the poison, I don't know what you are like?" The man said with a sinister smile.

"You can give it a try, but my brother Xiao is so powerful, you can get rid of it first." I said.

"He has been poisoned, don't you all know about it?" the man said.

"Haha, I want to know the name of the person who is about to die, can you satisfy me?" I smiled.

"Hmm... the dead person you are talking about may be someone who can live well. He seems to be called: Gu King of the Western Regions, Shan Yu." The man said.

"A good name, it's self-aware. Thank you, but I have to say, I don't want to listen to a dead man anymore." After saying that, I slapped the man's forehead heavily with the palm of my hand. Hearing a 'bang', the man fell to the ground dumbfounded.

Seeing this, everyone screamed in shock and ran around, attracting the gatekeepers to rush over, "What's going on? Are you openly killing people in broad daylight under the imperial city?"

The person who fell to the ground did not die immediately, and muttered in his mouth: "This...it's impossible...where did the poison on my body go? It won't...disappear for no reason..."

"Jin Yiwei investigates the case, please leave quickly." Xiao Zuo took out the token from his waist, held it up high, and shouted.

The gatekeepers looked at each other, put away the spears in their hands, and slowly returned to the city, continuing to stand guard as if nothing had happened.

"I've talked with you for a long time, where do you think the poison on your body will go?" I looked at the man who fell on the ground, no, I already knew his name: Western Region Gu King Shan Yu, leaned over and said.

"This...is...impossible, I...how could...not notice..." Shan Yu choked up.

"The more impossible the thing, the more likely it is. Look at the thing in my hand, but is it the poison you mentioned? Haha... Now it seems that the person who is too conceited should be you. Since you were in Suzhou Chengyue When you came to the inn to reason with me, you should know that your life is not long. However, I am curious, who sent you here." I smiled lightly.

"You... don't even think... you know!" Shan Yu said, taking a deep breath and gritted his teeth.

"Haha, if you don't tell me, I know it too. You can't know that Lan Yu is dead in advance, and you continue to commit crimes, intimidating Jin Yiwei, with the purpose of obstructing the investigation of Lan Yu's case. It can be seen that the people behind you are not here. This is in Yingtian Mansion, or he still doesn't know the news of Lan Yu's death?"

"Because the distance is too far, so far that even exchanging news is an extravagant hope, and the person behind you is someone who is unwilling to trust others easily, or he only trusts himself, otherwise why would he not be in Yingtian Mansion, give you How about finding an insider? Maybe it’s because the more people know about it, the easier it will be to cause trouble?”

"However, he doesn't believe that you can succeed. If you really miss, even if I don't kill you, he will kill you, and he will kill you quietly and without warning. Because of this, he only sent You do it alone, don't you?"

"Once Lan Yu dies, the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty will benefit the most. But among the many vassal kings, which one dares to make a shocking move and has such a high prestige that even you, the Gu King of the Western Regions, can admire you? Think, I don’t need to go on, do I?”

My continuous narration made the face of Shanyu who fell on the ground more hideous. As my words fell, he also stopped struggling and became a real dead man.

"Hey, the young master's husband is indeed smarter than Haitang. Haitang only thought that the murderer's identity would be unexpected, but never thought it would be so unexpected." Su Haitang stared at me and sighed.

"Miss Haitang didn't feel anything wrong when she talked with him in Suzhou Yuelai Inn?" I asked.

"There's nothing wrong with that, I just remember that he said clearly at the time 'then I was obviously deceived by that silver-haired man. If you want money, you should take some risks.' If I were an ordinary person, when I said that he couldn’t earn money safely, he would immediately beg for mercy, but he seemed very indifferent.” Su Haitang recalled.

"His indifference comes from the fact that he is sure that he will not die in your hands. And the corpses of eleven Jinyiwei outside Suzhou City; on the road to Yingtian Mansion, another Jinyiwei died and three disappeared; and Wang Pu smelled Even the strong alcohol smell makes sense." I said slowly.

"Brother, these... the corpses of the eleven Jinyiwei outside the city of Suzhou are because Shan Yu had already disguised himself as a shop waiter and waited for an opportunity to kill people, causing Jinyiwei to panic; what happened on the road to Yingtianfu can also be said that he came from Suzhou. He began to follow us; but the smell of alcohol on his body has passed for 3 or 4 days, and he came to Yingtian Mansion again, how could he still have it? It doesn't make sense!" Xiao Zuo said doubtfully.

"I have to ask the brothers around you. You have many Jinyiwei under your command. When you were in Suzhou, how many people were with you in Suzhou and knew all about your whereabouts? There must be someone who informs you. Think about it carefully, who knew in advance that you were going to Suzhou? And ten days before you went to Suzhou, did you know that you were going to Suzhou?" I said.

"Ten days before I went to Suzhou, did you know that I was going to Suzhou?" Xiao Zuo asked in surprise.

"Yes, at least ten days ago, or even earlier." I said again.

"Brother, why did you say that?" Xiao Zuo asked, puzzled.

"It doesn't matter whether he was sent by Zhu Di or not. Even if he came from any vassal lord's residence, he would go on a fast horse and work without sleep, at least how long it would take to get to Suzhou. Have you ever thought about it? He can pretend to be you before you go to Suzhou. Xiao Er, how long do you think it will take him to do it?" I said.

"Suzhou is not like Yingtian Mansion. There are many people with mixed eyes. There are few people who know me, and the water and land are very convenient. I will use it as a base, disperse my people, and go to various places to find clues that are beneficial to Lanyu. And I issued this order at least a month ago... After the order, I also personally investigated the 'Sapphire Case' for several days, about five days ago, before arriving in Suzhou..."

"Could it be...he was in Suzhou half a month ago? But isn't he afraid that I will change my mind temporarily?" Xiao Zuo continued to speak with an incredulous expression on his face.

"Maybe, he is just one of the people sent by the people behind the scenes; maybe, he didn't start from the residence of any vassal king, and the person in the middle just notified him who is the closest to Suzhou."

"No matter when he arrives in Suzhou, he pretends to be a waiter in the shop, and he will definitely do things such as carrying wine and serving wine for guests. He has moved ten altars of daughters for me. Do you think it will be within three or four days? , will the alcohol smell on his body weaken?" I asked.

"...In this way, I am already under the surveillance of the people behind the scenes..." Xiao Zuo said with a sudden shock.

"Brother Xiao, once Lan Yu dies, there will be turmoil in the court in the future. You'd better leave early." I sighed and said.

"No! Brother, how can Xiao Zuo forget about the crown prince's entrustment. As a courtier, if he learns of Yu Zhi's kindness, he will be devastated and die!" Xiao Zuo's firm expression showed his loyalty, But where his future will go is not so important anymore...

"I said, Lord Xiao. You don't stay away from the court, but your brother Guo wants to stay away from the court. Quickly tell me how to get to Tian'ao Village? I want to gather skilled craftsmen and build the Tian'ao gate for your brother Guo first. " Su Haitang looked at Xiao Zuo, obviously disliked his stupidity, and said impatiently.

"Haha, Tian Ao Village is extremely hidden, without me leading the way, you can't find it." Xiao Zuo said with a smile.

"Hey... I want you to lead the way... Forget it. As long as you give enough details, I, Su Haitang, will definitely find it!" Su Haitang said with a heavy sigh.

"Okay, come here with your ears, and I'll tell you softly." Xiao Zuo said with a smile on his face.

"Is it necessary? Just the three of us..." Su Haitang gave Xiao Zuo a look of disgust again, and said.

"Do you want to know or not?" Xiao Zuo said.

"Okay, okay, okay. Tell me." Su Haitang walked to Xiao Zuo's side, facing each other sideways, and said.

"......... Do you hear clearly?" Xiao Zuo said with a smirk.

"Well, you'd better not lie to me! If I can't find the teacher after so many troubles, then you just wait to find it!" Su Haitang said slightly angrily.

"Okay, I'm going to Wang Pu's parents, Yunjin is still there." I said.

"Brother, I will go with you." Xiao Zuo said.

"No, Wang Pu is dead. If you go, it will inevitably make Wang Pu's parents suspicious. You are the Lord Xiao in their children's mouth! I don't want them to know the news of my child's death yet. Maybe, they hide away, It is also to make Wang Pu feel at ease, let's work hard." I said.

"Okay, big brother... this is some broken silver, you can bring it to them for me." Xiao Zuo said with a dignified expression.

"What can you do with that bit of broken silver! My young master, I will bring out three boxes of silver taels later, load them on the carriage, and bring them to Wang Pu's parents. In other words, Wang Pu has made great achievements, and what is the honor of His Majesty?" Joyful, they rewarded ten thousand taels of silver, so their parents would not be suspicious of so much silver taels! On the contrary, those taels of silver from Xiao Zuo are very similar to pension silver!" Su Haitang said with a nuzzle.

"Okay, Miss Haitang has a heart..." I said.

"Hey, Young Master Yumian is Young Master Yumian, incomparable, incomparable!" Xiao Zuo complained.

"Brother, then I will stay in Yingtian Mansion, so as to avoid any accidents to the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunqi." Xiao Zuo said again.

"Well, very good. Brother Xiao, take care and take care of yourself." I put my right hand on Xiao Zuo's shoulder and said with concern.

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After parting with Xiao Zuo, in front of Yingtian Mansion's old mansion, Su Haitang ordered someone to load the carriage.I jumped up, looked back at the three boxes full of silver, and said, "Miss Haitang, I thank you on behalf of Wang Pu's parents."

"Young master, what's the matter, I will take everyone to set off later and rush to Tianao village. You, after taking back your daughter Yunjin, you have to come back to meet that idiot Xiao Zuo, and let him take you to Tianao village .Maybe, when you came, the Tianao Gate had already been built, haha." Su Haitang, with a bright smile, is very dazzling in the sun, very charming.

I looked at Su Haitang, and refused to look away for a long time. After realizing it, she also stared at me, sometimes pouted, sometimes made faces, sometimes smirked, and sometimes made some funny movements.It wasn't until the clear sky suddenly began to rain lightly that I realized that I was being rude, so I hurriedly bid farewell and drove away...

Seeing my leaving figure, Su Haitang's face gradually revealed a sad expression. She ran a few steps in the direction where I was leaving, wrinkled her face from time to time, and the water droplets on her face dripped down, and she couldn't tell the difference. It is clear whether it is tears or rain.

Afterwards, she walked alone on the Qinhuai River for ten miles, staring at the flat boat on the river in the distance, and was stunned for a long time until the boat disappeared, then she slowly walked into a waterside pavilion, leaned on the platform, dragged her chin, and start to stay...