Chapter 193 The truth is revealed!!

"Is this all the brains you have to become an official like the Imperial Secretary?"

Zeng Anmin narrowed his eyes.

This is unreasonable.

Now the battle of Bifeng Valley has just ended.

Apart from the Zeng family, the Qin family is the second most famous family.

Qin Shoucheng died fighting for his country.

It was because of him that we had a great victory in Bifeng Valley.

It was because of him that Duke Tian Ji of Wei was able to achieve a great victory!

It can be said that the credit goes to the Zeng family, the Duke of Wei, and all the soldiers who were able to return from the battlefield of Guangnan County.

Zeng Anmin himself, the eldest princess, and Tian Ji.

Even more broadly, His Majesty the current Emperor.

Who wouldn't appreciate Qin Shoucheng's kindness?

In addition, Qin Shoucheng used to be the dean of the Water Governor Academy. How many of his students became officials in various prefectures?

Even in the Imperial College today, how many students have he personally taught?

This huge network of relationships.

Not to mention he was just a Censor of the Ministry of Revenue.

Even if the Prime Minister Li Zhen came in person and tried to snatch the "Handwritten Book of the Confucian Sage", he would be skinned alive afterwards!

"Something's strange."

Zeng Anmin slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

He looked at Bai Ziqing with deep eyes:

"Brother Bai, I want to see the body."

Bai Ziqing also knew the seriousness of the matter.

At this time, he didn't dare to interrupt Zeng Anmin's thoughts at all.

For fear of interrupting his train of thought, he had to use his own brain.

"Walk."

Bai Ziqing's face was solemn. He first glanced at Qin Wanyue.

He looked at Zeng Anmin again.

Then he turned around and walked forward.

Not long.

The three of them had already arrived at the gate of Qin's mansion.

Zeng Anmin frowned and slowly squatted down.

He looked at the two bodies lying on the ground.

"They were all killed by one bullet."

He squinted his eyes and looked at the two bodies on the ground.

Let’s talk about the warrior dressed as a servant first.

The ammunition from the musket landed on his back, and the blow was extremely clean and neat.

It can be seen that the fire gun made by Master Xu Tianshi of the Xuanzhen Division is extremely powerful.

And the official named Duan Yuanpei.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue.

Shot in the chest.

This shot must have been fired in a state of tension.

It only hit the right chest.

But because the bullet is extremely powerful.

After entering the body, it shattered all the internal organs, including the heart.

"The body has been examined by the top medical examiner from the Imperial City Division."

"Their belongings."

"No clues were found."

"We even specially asked disciples from the Xuanzhen Division to investigate their spirits, and there was no sign of any cultivators interfering."

Bai Ziqing looked at Zeng Anmin seriously and said.

Listening to Bai Ziqing's statement.

Zeng Anmin touched his chin.

He looked carefully at the two bodies on the ground.

My mind is a little messy.

There was no sign of practitioner intervention.

"In other words, he came here on his own, not being manipulated by anyone..."

This is even more wrong.

Zeng Anmin slowly raised his head, a hint of thought in his voice:

"Have you checked his daily movements?"

"We've checked. Apart from his home and the Ministry of Revenue, there hasn't been any suspicious activity in the past six months."

Bai Ziqing's brows were also tightly furrowed.

This is indeed strange.

"At his home?"

Zeng Anmin slowly raised his head.

"I checked it, too."

Bai Ziqing sighed and said, "As soon as His Majesty issued the order, I sent people to his home. The only clue we had was that he had already prepared a carriage ten miles in front of his house."

"I think this was a way to prepare a retreat for myself. After snatching the 'Handwritten Book of the Confucian Sage', I took a carriage and headed north."

…

“But that’s where the suspicion lies.”

"Even if Miss Qin didn't have a musket and he really did steal the 'Sage's Handwritten Letter', he would have fled north in a carriage. With Your Majesty's thunderous wrath and the Imperial City Bureau's full-scale pursuit, he would be found in two days at most."

"I can only say that he underestimated the power of our Imperial City Division."

Bai Ziqing sighed:

"Moreover, Duan Yuanpei was an honest official. He never accepted bribes or formed cliques for personal gain."

"The reason he was able to enter the Ministry of Revenue and take the position of Jieshizhong was because an article he wrote was noticed by the Left Censor-in-Chief. Plus, he already had a reputation for being honest, so he was recommended to the Ministry of Revenue."

"I've been sitting in the Ministry of Revenue for nearly three years."

At this point, Bai Ziqing himself was confused:

"I really can't understand why he did this."

Zeng Anmin closed his eyes.

Slowly thinking about all the clues from Bai Ziqing's mouth.

Yes, as a normal person.

How could you do such a thing when you know you can't escape?

Bai Ziqing crossed his arms, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter:

"If he wants the 'Handwritten Letters of the Confucian Sage', he has an eighth-rank warrior as a servant, so there's no need to break into the mansion."

"Wearing a nightgown, I'll secretly explore the Qin Mansion, scout the area for two days, and then steal it..."

"It's better than causing such a scene..."

Zeng Anmin's eyes became deeper.

He shook his head slowly:

"Wan'er must have noticed that the Confucian Sage's Handwritten Book had been stolen."

"At that time, you can either report to the authorities or go directly to the palace to file a complaint."

"He still can't escape."

"With the Imperial City Bureau's pursuit methods, they would be apprehended and brought to justice at most a day or two later than what we are doing now."

"Well."

When Bai Ziqing heard Zeng Anmin say this, his expression froze slightly:

"That's true."

"Fortunately, the Confucian sage's handwriting was not lost."

Zeng Anmin looked at the bamboo slips in his hand and handed them to Qin Wanyue, saying:

"Wan'er, such an important thing should be kept well."

Qin Wanyue shook her head and said:

"Zeng Lang, please keep this for me. It will attract too much attention if it is kept in my Qin Mansion."

"That won't do." Zeng Anmin quickly waved his hand and refused, "Let's put it this way..."

"My Qin family belongs to Zeng Lang." Qin Wanyue looked up at Zeng Anmin stubbornly and said:

"I know you have no intention of spying on this thing, but it will be dangerous if it continues to stay in the Qin Mansion."

"Zeng Lang probably doesn't want something like today to happen again, right?"

"Well."

Zeng Anmin felt distressed.

He could see clearly that Qin Wanyue was just looking for an excuse to give this thing to him.

But I still found so many reasons.

"Take it." Qin Wanyue turned her head away: "If you don't accept it, it means you despise me..."

Zeng Anmin took a deep breath, looked at Qin Wanyue very seriously and said:

"The mighty river is a thousand feet deep, yet it cannot compare to the love the gentle moon bestows upon me."

Hearing this half poem.

Qin Wanyue's body trembled violently for a moment.

Then he looked up at Zeng Anmin, his eyes almost turning into autumn water: "Zeng Lang..."

"Wanyue..."

“Ahem!”

Bai Ziqing is a little bit numb.

He coughed.

Hearing this cough.

Zeng Anmin's eyes also became extremely cold.

He placed the Confucian sage's handwriting in his arms.

He looked at Qin Wanyue and Bai Ziqing and said:

"I think I've got an idea."

"What?"

The two looked up almost at the same time.

Zeng Anmin narrowed his eyes and said:

"Brother Bai, bring all the items on Duan Yuanpei over to me."

"Also, I want to visit his home."

"good."

…………

Soon, Zeng Anmin followed Bai Ziqing to a street.

A very small mansion.

Zeng Anmin, who was used to seeing large mansions, saw this kind of small house of a middle-level official for the first time.

Fuzhong Station is very small in front of the ground.

There is only one courtyard.

After entering, he walked towards Duan Yuanpei's house without any hesitation.

"That's all he has."

After entering the house.

There was also a person from the Imperial City Bureau, who followed the two of them respectfully.

Give it all.

Two items.

A very ordinary jade pendant.

A purse with only one or two taels of silver in it.

"Just these two?"

Zeng Anmin looked at the furnishings in the room.

While looking at the jade pendant and purse in his hand.

Both of these things look extremely ordinary.

"Just these two."

The corner of Bai Ziqing's mouth twitched:

"He is such an honest official that this house was given to him by the Ministry of Revenue."

honest?

Zeng Anmin disagreed with these two words.

Wang Mang was humble before he usurped the throne.

Everyone knows this simple truth.

"Have you searched through everything in here?"

Zeng Anmin looked at the messy house.

His eyes scanned everything inch by inch.

He now has an idea in his mind.

But something else is needed to prove it.

"It's over."

Bai Ziqing made a gesture towards the grapes in front of him.

The grape respectfully brought up a box.

"These are all very common objects."

Zeng Anmin glanced at the objects indifferently.

When his eyes met the contents of the box.

His eyes suddenly burst into a brilliant light!!

He reached out calmly and picked up one of the ordinary-looking wooden tokens.

"What is this? Where did you get it?"

He looked at Bai Ziqing and asked.

"I don't know either..." Bai Ziqing's eyes flashed with confusion as he looked at the grapes.

The grape said respectfully:

"This was found in Duan Yuanpei's only son's bedroom. It should be a child's toy..."

"I'll just throw it away..."

Zeng Anmin stared at the wooden sign intently.

A very ordinary wooden sign.

It's so ordinary that I'm too lazy to pick it up if I throw it on the ground.

But he squinted his eyes.

He slowly extended his right hand into his arms.

The next moment.

He took out an identical wooden sign from his arms.

The only difference is that it is different from that wooden sign.

There were two words engraved on the token in his hand: Lu Yi.

The piece in the box is bare, with nothing in it.

See this scene.

Bai Ziqing's eyes suddenly became solemn.

There must be a story behind these two identical wooden plaques!!

"What's this?"

He looked towards Zeng Anmin.

Zeng Anmin took a deep breath, looked at Bai Ziqing solemnly and said:

"I still remember when we went to Liangjiang County to investigate the death of Huang Yuangao."

"Were you attacked in the woods?"

Bai Ziqing raised his head abruptly, his eyes fixed on Zeng Anmin:

"You mean..."

"A spy from the Eastern Religion!!"

"Hiss~"

Bai Ziqing's scalp suddenly felt numb!

He stared at Zeng Anmin intently and asked, looking at the token engraved with "Lu Yi": "Where did you get this wooden token?"

"That day, I relied on the power formation set up by Miss Xuanzhen Si Sai to scare it away, and then I saw this wooden sign on the ground."

Zeng Anmin lied.

He got this token after shooting and killing the Oriental spy.

"So, Duan Yuanpei is related to the Eastern Religion's spies?!"

For a while.

Bai Ziqing's teeth were chattering.

I thought it was just an ordinary robbery case.

But I didn’t expect that there was actually Eastern religion behind it!

"Then Duan Yuanpei's motive for stealing the 'Handwritten Book of the Confucian Sage' is clear!"

"He is a spy from Jiang State!"

Bai Ziqing stared at Zeng Anmin intently.

"Um."

Zeng Anmin's eyes became extremely deep.

"But judging from the carriage we found."

"It's definitely heading north."

"Shouldn't Jiangguo...be in the south?!"

There was a dizziness in Bai Ziqing's eyes.

He felt that his brain was not enough!

I thought about it for a long time but still couldn't figure it out.

Zeng Anmin's eyes flashed with an extremely sharp gleam:

"I already know everything."

"The truth is very close to us."

It wasn't just Bai Ziqing who heard his words.

Even Tizi, who had been standing next to them, looked confused.

They couldn't think of anything.

I could only stare blankly at Zeng Anmin.

Zeng Anmin slowly raised his chin, his phoenix eyes were sharp, and his voice was filled with murmurs:

"This spy named Duan Yuanpei is not a fool."

"On the contrary, he is a smart man with an IQ higher than either of the two present here."

…

Bai Ziqing was silent for a moment.

Obviously, Zeng Anmin said he was a fool, and he admitted it.

In front of Zeng Anmin, he was indeed no different from a fool.

"The power of the Imperial City Division's pursuit is known not only to the world, but also to Duan Yuanpei."

"He knew that even if he didn't alert the Qin Mansion and tried to steal, he would still be caught in the end, and he would still be unable to escape."

"Because of Dean Qin's death, too many people took it seriously."

"If the 'Sage's Handwritten Book' is stolen, the number of arrest warrants and search warrants will be extremely high."

"so……"

Zeng Anmin looked towards the south, his voice filled with determination:

"It would be better to just make a big fuss about this and let everyone know about it!"

"Let all eyes be on him."

"He will continue his journey north, and he will continue to run as long as he can."

"It's better to postpone it for one day."

"When he's really caught..."

Zeng Anmin withdrew his gaze and looked towards Bai Ziqing, a cold smile slowly curling up at the corner of his mouth:

"The spy who actually possessed the 'Sage's Handwritten Letter' has already fled in the opposite direction, to the south."

Buzz!!

Hear his voice.

Bai Ziqing only felt his head shake violently.

In an instant, all the clues and threads were connected!

"You mean, he has prepared other people to support him!!"

Zeng Anmin did not answer this stupid question.

He just nodded lightly, his eyes were extremely deep:

"It's just that they didn't expect that there was a fire cannon made by the Xuanzhen Division in the Qin Mansion."

After hearing this answer, Bai Ziqing looked at Ti Zi, who was already dumbfounded.

"Chase!!"

Zeng Anmin just looked at Bai Ziqing's back slowly and said:

"It's only been one night, he can't have gotten far! Catching him will be a great achievement!"

Without any hesitation, his body rose from the ground like a roc and headed south.

“Chiu!!”

Before he finished speaking, Bai Ziqing had already rushed out ten feet away.

Tizi no longer hesitated and followed Bai Ziqing at full speed.

(End of this chapter)