Chapter 31 Chapter 31 [VIP]
Ling Suye seemed calm about Gu Xuanyou's arrest, but in fact, his heart had sunk to the bottom.
Ling Suye has never underestimated the strength of Du'e Division.
In addition to having the world's top monster hunters, they also have the most resource-rich intelligence network.
Therefore, the disguise he put on Gu Xuanyou's face would definitely not be hidden from everyone.
Then the identity of 'Sheng Li' will come to light.
But no matter whether it is 'Sheng Li' or 'Gu Xuanyou', they have never taken lives or violated the law. Why did the Du'e Division arrest Gu Xuanyou?
Ling Suye thought about it all the way until he arrived at the inn, but he still couldn't figure it out.
There are two undiscovered corpses in the room next to him. The Black-robed Iron Guards may be on their way. He must find a way to get himself out of it.
Ling Suye did not go in through the lobby, but directly climbed in from the side room of the shop next door.
There was still some potion left from the last time he used to disguise Gu Xuanyou's face. He smeared it on his own face. After a while, he put on a jade mirror and looked at himself. He was already 50% similar to Zhou Zhi.
Time was very short, and Ling Suye didn't wait for the potion to dry completely. He changed into ordinary farmer's clothes, and also tied his hair up like everyone knew, and wrapped it with a piece of indigo coarse cloth.
——This was exactly the outfit Zhou Zhi was wearing when they met by chance yesterday.
Ling Suye came out of the guest room with his bag on his back, and happened to meet the waiter who was about to ask him and the guest in the next room if they wanted lunch.
The waiter was stunned: "You...you...?"
It was clearly a young man who lived here before.
Ling Suye raised a corner of the golden token in his arms and said, "It's just government business, no need to ask too many questions."
The waiter suddenly woke up as if from a dream. Ling Suye walked over to him and said, "Come here."
The two went downstairs and walked to the lobby. The shopkeeper was not there at the moment, so Ling Suye asked the waiter to bring out the check-in account book.
He found his own page, and even though it had the words 'Ling Wuming' written on it, he tore it off, and also tore off the page of the couple next to him.
Only then did Ling Suye discover that the woman's name was "Dai Shisan" and the man's name was "Zhang Qing".
"Dai Thirteen..." Ling Suye thought, maybe this is the code name of this woman in the Xuanyi Iron Guard.
The waiter subconsciously wanted to speak up to stop him, but when Ling Suye glanced at him, he stopped where he was in embarrassment.
Ling Suye said, "Call your shopkeeper over."
The shopkeeper came quickly, and the waiter had already told him about the "miracle" that had happened in the guest room.
However, he was skeptical about the waiter's story until he saw Ling Suye's face clearly. He was so scared that his legs went weak and he almost fell to the ground.
"S-Sir..."
He had not forgotten that a few days ago, those majestic guards called this lord "Boss".
Ling Suye said, "The man and woman who checked into your room yesterday were both criminals. I have already dealt with them. You should report to the government office now, and they will take care of it."
Although the shopkeeper was a little confused about the officials asking him to report to the police, he did not dare to ask any more questions and nodded quickly, thinking about the people sent by the county magistrate a few days ago who told them to obey these officials absolutely.
"One last question. Do you still remember the names of the three people who checked in?" Ling Suye asked.
The shopkeeper was just about to blurt out the words "Ling Wuming" and "Dai Shisan"—they looked like pseudonyms. But the identity deeds of the young man who stayed at the hotel last night and the woman next door clearly had those same words on them.
He looked at Ling Suye's expression and carefully changed his words: "No, I don't remember."
"That's right. Just answer like that and you'll survive." Ling Suye flashed a smile and tossed him a gold ingot. "Many of the tables and chairs in the guest rooms were damaged. This is compensation. Remember, it's wrong to say more."
He then turned around, asked the waiter to lead his horse, and galloped away.
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Ling Suye's timing is very accurate.
Less than an incense stick's time had passed since he set out when the princess's procession also broke camp and set off. Du'e Si would naturally not be left behind, while the shopkeeper was still analyzing what Ling Suye had meant by his words just now.
He thought about it over and over again, and always felt that there were many mysteries involved.
So he thought about going to the guest room to take a look first. He had to know what the "solution" that the adult was talking about was.
When he opened the door, the smell of blood was not strong - Ling Suye had used herbs to cover it up.
But the bloody scene made the shopkeeper almost faint.
"Quick, take my horse, I want to go to the county government office!"
Regardless of the truth, he treated Ling Suye as an adult and did everything according to Ling Suye's instructions. The blame would never fall on him.
As for the county magistrate, he believed everything the shopkeeper said without a doubt - after all, he was the demon catcher of the Du'e Division.
Who dares to impersonate?
Furthermore, this couple... although the man was handsome and strong, the coroner discovered during the autopsy that he was completely naked, with no hair on his body except for his hair and eyebrows. He clearly wasn't a decent man. And the woman, with all sorts of knife and whip wounds on her body, was definitely not a good person.
The county magistrate directly filed a complaint of intentional murder of an imperial official and posted it at the gate of the county government office.
Then the coroner would do a casual examination. If no family members came to identify the body within three days, the body would be wrapped in mats and thrown into a mass grave.
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That night, the black-robed Iron Guard of the 'Dai' generation, who was originally in Chuzhou, had already arrived with his men.
In order not to alert the enemy, he only brought his confidant Sun Feixiang.
They, with the surname 'Dai', are the highest-ranking members of the Black Iron Guard, except for the Lord.
Therefore, their tokens are also "spiritual weapons" specially made by craftsmen.
When Dai Shisan died, he dipped his heart blood on the token, and his dying voice was transmitted to all his companions of the "Dai" generation.
The person who handled the death of 'Dai Er' in Chuzhou was named 'Dai Shiyi'. He was closest to Mobei, so he rushed here at lightning speed.
But the north is vast and sparsely populated, and even if we rode at full speed and ate and drank on horseback, it still took two days and one night to travel.
At this moment, the guest room had been cleaned again, and only the damaged tables, chairs and window frames had not been repaired yet.
Dai Shiyi surveyed the situation in the dark, his expression solemn: "This might be the first scene of the conflict, but with Dai Shisan's strength, it's impossible for him to cause only this much damage if he really goes all out."
His confidant Sun Feixiang was a little exhausted after a long journey, so he drank some wine to sober himself up.
Sun Feixiang asked, "Are there other places for fighting?"
Dai Shiyi explored the area outside and said, "No, although this is just a small town, the population is quite dense and the houses are all crowded together. If a fight really broke out, the people in the town would know about it. Besides, all the guest rooms next door are clean and there are no signs of damage at all."
Sun Feixiang fell into a long silence. Just when Dai Shiyi thought he was asleep, he heard him say, "Dai Shisan is a rare queen of your generation. She has amazing fighting power. Once she unleashes her power, she never cares about others' feelings. She even got into a brawl in the street and accidentally injured thirteen civilians. Later, after these people reported the matter to the authorities, Dai Shisan was furious and hunted down these thirteen people one by one and beheaded them all. It was at this time that she was recruited into the organization. She is the thirteenth of the 'Dai' generation, and having just killed thirteen people, she was named Dai Shisan."
Dai Shiyi asked in a deep voice, "What do you want to say?"
"I'm saying," Sun Feixiang was Dai Shiyi's uncle, so he wasn't afraid of his master. Instead, he spoke slowly, "If Dai Shiyi had the strength, she would definitely turn this place upside down. But the one who could suppress her to this extent, preventing her from even leaving this small guest room, must be the one from the Du'e Division in Shangjing City..."
Dai Shiyi immediately rejected it: "Impossible. If he leaves the capital, who will take care of the Saint's safety?"
Sun Feixiang was waiting for this sentence. He said quietly, "Then there is only one possibility left - poison."
Seeing that Dai Shiyi didn't respond immediately, he said, "Have you forgotten how Dai Er died?"
Dai Shiyi felt like his scalp was about to explode: "You mean, the ones who killed Dai Er and Dai Shiyi were the same... No, the same organization?"
"Although I always thought Dai Shisan was petty and moody, it's undeniable that she was very smart. Back then, she was just a gangster with only a few tricks up her sleeve, yet she was able to find the homes of those thirteen people one by one and brutally kill them in revenge. That shows how resourceful she was." Sun Feixiang said, "Didn't Dai Er also say in the last interrogation that those people were an organization?"
Dai Shiyi was still struggling. "But, we of the Dai generation have discussed it and feel that since that organization was able to track down Dai Er and Dai Shisan and kill them, they couldn't possibly be unaware of the token's secret. They knew everything and exposed it, so it's very likely they deliberately let us know. They're trying to confuse us."
Sun Feixiang sneered, "You said they were trying to confuse us, but I think they knew they couldn't hide it any longer, so they chose to speak frankly. Dai Er's death can be said to have left no clues at all, but what about Dai Shisan? This happened in the inn, with the whole town watching. How could he have done it so flawlessly? I think you just need to ask the waiter if any strangers came by recently, and you can probably deduce the power behind that mysterious organization."
Dai Shiyi was silent for a long moment, then said, "Don't ask. I already inquired when you bought the wine. The people from the Du'e Division have been here since the end of last month and left yesterday afternoon. Even the notice issued by the county government said that Dai Shiyi was plotting to murder an imperial official, and that's why he was killed by their guards."
He continued, "This all aligns perfectly with your deduction. Apart from the Du'e Division, no one else possesses such power, much less the ability to issue a notice so readily. After all, according to imperial law, notices involving human lives must be passed up the chain of command, from the county yamen to the prefectural yamen and then to the Ministry of Justice. Finally, they must even require the approval of the Cabinet before they can be posted. Only the Du'e Division has such authority. After all, the people they kill aren't humans, they're demons."
Sun Feixiang said, "Next, we just need to go to the county government office and check if Dai Shisan has been poisoned. We can then confirm that the people who killed her are the same group that killed Dai Er. Regardless of the outcome, the backer behind these people is none other than the Du'e Division. Let's quickly pass this news on to the lord."
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At this moment, Ling Suye had already left Mobei at full speed and arrived in Jichuan.
As soon as he left Mobei, Ling Suye let his hair down and washed the medicine off his face.
He did not choose to take the main road. After all, the main road must be paved by the Du'e Division. Before he actually entered the Star Forging Division, he could not get into any trouble.
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