Chapter 567
567 The identity of the corpse (2)
“. bloody massacre for three thousand miles. I can’t imagine it. Such. big event … Why haven’t I heard of it before? This matter is of great importance, so we must report it to Duke Wei immediately.”
The young mare galloped to the Yamen. Xu Qi ‘an handed the reins to the officer on duty at the door and hurried to the noble spirit building.
“Xu yinluo, Lord Wei has ordered the carriage to be prepared for the palace.” The guard downstairs replied.
He had to enter the palace … Entering the palace was. waste of time to wrangle with Emperor Yuan jing and the Civil officials … Xu Qi ‘an’s face was stern. cut the crap. Go in and inform the others.
“Yes …” The guard tactfully ran into the building.
After getting the Guard’s confirmation, Xu Qi ‘an climbed up the steps with one hand on his knife. He saw Wei Yuan sitting behind the table, looking at him gently and calmly with eyes that had been washed away by the vicissitudes of time.
He was still dressed in green, but there were complicated cloud patterns embroidered on it, and a Green Dragon was embroidered on his chest.
This was the uniform that Wei Yuan wore when he attended court or when he entered the palace to meet the Emperor.
“You only have a cup of tea’s time. If you have something to say, say it quickly.” Wei Yuan spoke to his confidant in an impolite tone.
“Since you’re in such a hurry, I’ll make it short.” Xu Qian did not have a good heart. He took out the Jade fragment and shook it.
Pata … The headless body fell into the clean tea room and polluted the clean floor.
Wei Yuan was shocked. His eyes twitched as he said in a low voice, “”What’s going on?”
“Li Miaozhen arrived in the capital today and is currently staying in my house.” Xu Qi ‘an said.
“En!”
Wei Yuan nodded, but he didn’t care. He stared at the headless body and said, “”But what does it have to do with this corpse?”
Xu Qi ‘an grinned. it’s a big deal. She found this body 80 miles away from the capital. She was beheaded in one strike. It was very clean.
“Li Miaozhen is a nosy person, so she summoned the remnant souls of the dead and asked about the situation. But who knew …”
He paused on purpose, wanting to keep Wei Yuan in suspense, but his heart skipped a beat when he saw Wei Yuan’s dark expression. He was afraid that his salary for the next month would be deducted because he had left the house first.
“The soul said something. Well, Lord Wei, take a look for yourself.”
He took off the sachet li Miaozhen gave him and untied the red rope. A green smoke emerged and turned into a man with a blurry face and dull eyes in the air. He murmured repeatedly,
massacre for three thousand miles, massacre for three thousand miles, the Imperial court, please send troops to suppress …
Wei Yuan’s pupils suddenly shrank as he stared at the remnant soul with a sharp gaze.
He was silent for a few seconds before he said,”what clues do you have?”
This was not a question, but a statement. He seemed to be certain that Xu Qi ‘an had found something.
Sure enough, the small silver Gong that he appreciated never disappointed him. Xu Qi ‘an reported, “”This humble servant’s initial conclusion is that he is a Northerner and was killed on his way to the capital to report.”
He then explained his speculations in detail.
“Recently, there have been no battles in Da Feng, except for the North. Duke of Wei, the situation in the North is probably worse than we imagined. But the Imperial court did not receive the corresponding report?”
“No, I didn’t,”
“Are you suspecting that the North vanquishing Prince is lying?” Wei Yuan shook his head and frowned.
Xu Qi ‘an glanced at Wei Yuan. this is not strange. What I find strange is that if the northern Prince lied about the military situation, why didn’t the Yamen receive the information? ”
The night watchmen’s spies were all over Jiuzhou. How could there be no news of such a big event like a bloody massacre?
at the beginning of the year, I deployed most of my spies to the northeast. Very few stayed in the North, so it was inevitable that there was a delay in the news. Wei Yuan said helplessly.
The spies were all sent to the northeast? What does Lord Wei want to do? to attack the witchcraft cult … Xu Qi ‘an came to a sudden realization and stopped asking. then, how do you think we should handle this matter? ”
Wei Yuan looked at the water clock in the corner and said, ” I’ll enter the palace first to meet the Emperor. I’ll take the body and soul away. You don’t have to care about this.
After Xu Qi ‘an nodded, he said,”since li Miaozhen has come to the capital, the covenant between heaven and man will end soon. The security in the capital will be much better.”
“I don’t know how many spies have sneaked in during this period of time to collect information. Fortunately, there are supervisors watching over them, so they can’t cause any waves.
“You tell li Miaozhen to pay attention. It’s a critical time, don’t go out of the city, don’t cause trouble, and guard against possible danger.”
“Possible danger?” Xu Qi ‘an asked.
Wei Yuan looked at the water clock again and said quickly, “”I’ll only tell you the danger she might encounter:First, the danger came from the Imperial court. Second, the danger came from spies from other countries. You can think of the reason yourself, I have to enter the palace.”
He snatched the sachet from Xu Qi ‘an’s hand and quickly left the tea room. As he walked, he instructed the clerk, “”Bring the corpse and enter the palace with me.”
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In the Royal study.
In addition to Emperor yuanjing, there were 16 people gathered here, including the head assistant Wang zhenwen, the Minister of Revenue, other third-rank officials, Dukes, nobles, and ministers.
The pale-faced Chu Xianglong stood among the ministers, his head slightly lowered and he did not speak.
He had taken the pill given by the astrologer of Department of Astronomy and had been able to get out of bed and walk very quickly. However, his internal injuries of broken meridians could not be recovered in a short time. However, as long as he didn’t use his Qi and recuperated properly, he would be able to recover in about a month.
“Wei Yuan isn’t here yet, there’s no need to wait!” Emperor Yuan jing frowned.
After that, he swept his gaze over the officials and said,”North vanquishing Prince asked the Imperial court for 300000 taels of silver for the salary of the Army and 250000 dans of grain and fodder.” What do you mean by that?”
The Minister of Revenue was the first to jump out and object. He said, “”Yuanjing year 36, Jiang Zhou flooding;There was a great drought in Jing state and a locust plague in the state. The Imperial court had distributed grain to the disaster relief several times.