Chapter 35 Chapter 35 [VIP]
At the same time, only a few dozen miles away from Ling Suye, a man wrapped in a black robe sat cross-legged in front of a pool of bright red liquid.
No matter how you look at it, it looks like a pool of blood.
The man's hands kept overlapping and changing in front of his mouth, as if he was drawing talismans.
Not far behind him stood a man also wrapped in a black robe, his face unclear.
After a while, the man sitting in front of the pool of blood let his hands fall down limply.
After a while, his head also drooped.
"Isolated from my perception." A voice came from beneath the black robe. "It happened suddenly."
The standing man was completely shrouded in shadows, and his expression could not be seen. His voice was deliberately rough, but there was still a sense of age deep in his tone.
"With these two tokens together, it would only take 49 days to sense that person's location, but we failed just before success—"
He paused, then added, "I think, apart from Du'esi, no one else has such a skill."
"I don't care about that, but if that person acquires another token, the time it takes to locate him can be reduced to seven days this time," the sitting man in black said, his voice weak and exhausted from the immense effort he had put into this operation. "That way, even if he's at the end of the world, we'll be able to find him."
"You mean to ask me to send someone with the surname 'Dai' to die?" The standing man's voice was tinged with sarcasm. "This man is a habitual user of poison. He always leaves his victims half-dead before striking, which shows he's not strong enough. Furthermore, he probably has a pretty, delicate appearance, which is why Dai Er and Dai Shisan let down their guard."
The man in black said, "Never mind that," but after hearing the man's inference, he couldn't help but wonder, "But didn't Dai Shiyi and Sun Feixiang say that there's a mysterious organization behind that man? Moreover, this organization is backed by the Du'e Division."
"Having the support of the Du'e Division is one thing, but whether or not the mysterious organization actually exists is another." The standing man slightly lowered the black scarf on his head. His eyes, though old but sharper than an eagle's, stared directly at the pool of blood in the distance. He said, "Dai Er and Dai Shisan both died of poisoning. I'm more inclined to believe that they were both killed by the same person."
"Then... let's look for the person who lived next to Dai Shisan in the inn at that time?" The man in black leaned forward, tore off his black scarf, and drank a mouthful of blood from the pool. "I told you not to discuss this with me. I'm running out of energy if you talk too much."
"Your talent is telling me that my guess is correct." The man in black sneered.
The man in black sitting there turned his head, his lips and chin were covered in blood, but he didn't care at all.
"I applied the art of 'Mastering Myself' to myself in order to help others... not for your trivial matter. It's just two deaths. If you still want to use me to spy on the secrets of heaven, why not give me the 'Eye of Delusion'? I will give you whatever answer you desire."
"The time has not yet come. The only thing that can restrain the eldest princess now is her son's eyes. If you give them to him, the royal family will be in chaos." The standing man in black left only these words and turned away.
After a moment, the friction sound of the heavy stone door was heard, and the entire underground space fell silent.
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Ling Suye wrapped the two "Dai" tokens separately, thought for a moment, and hid them in the dark room opposite Xinggui.
He knew that those men in black were related to the royal family's fatal Gu. Therefore, he had to be extremely cautious in Shangjing City, the "enemy's heartland", otherwise he would die without knowing how.
Although he had to take this piece of silk to the Forging Star Division to report in later, the requirement was to do so within ten days. He wanted to first find out the whereabouts of Gu Xuanyou who was taken away by the eldest princess.
Besides the dangers, Shangjingcheng also had an obsession that he couldn't let go of.
But for Gu Xuanyou, it was like a swamp full of poisonous snakes, without any hope for good things.
The eldest princess, the Sheng family, and the Du'e Division, none of them are easy to mess with.
Just as Ling Suye was about to leave, the sound of galloping horses could be heard again. It was the yamen runner who had delivered the good news last time. He was obviously surprised to see Ling Suye open the door, so he quickly dismounted and said, "Master Ling, there's an urgent report from the Forging Star Division, asking everyone to gather outside the Xuanwu Gate."
What happened?
Ling Suye pondered for a moment and said, "I'll go get the silk and the identity deed."
"No need, Master Ling. Lord Shen said that you only need to bring one of the silk and the deed to confirm your identity. Anyway, the new recruits this year were all introduced by the masters. If someone dares to impersonate someone else, wouldn't that be like looking for death?" The yamen runner spoke quickly.
Ling Suye always carried his identity deed with him, so he simply led the horse, locked the door, and went to Xuanwu Gate with the yamen runners.
The road outside Xuanwu Gate was very wide, with three rows of horse posts on both sides of the road. Ling Suye jumped off his horse and tied the reins skillfully.
The yamen runner was stunned. Every time he came here before, he was always shocked by its grandeur and magnificence, so much so that his behavior was timid. Ling Wuming was the first outsider he had seen who didn't show any fear here.
The yamen runner's voice unconsciously became more respectful: "Over there is the place where the masters of the Forging Star Division are gathering. You can see it if you walk straight along this road. I am of low status and cannot go there."
"Thank you for showing me the way." Ling Suye was still polite.
He walked in the direction pointed by the yamen runner, and other people were already walking in the same direction.
Some of them, like Ling Suye, wore their own clothes, but more of them were officials wearing the uniform aqua blue star-patterned uniforms of the Star Forging Division.
But everyone's expression was equally serious, as if something big was about to happen.
After passing the review with his identity deed, Ling Suye stood in a row with a group of newcomers wearing their regular clothes.
In about a cup of tea, the square outside Xuanwu Gate was already full of people. Ling Suye took a rough look and saw that there were about three hundred people.
The official standing in the front was named Chen, Si Xuan from the Star Forging Department.
He faced everyone, raised a palm-sized jade trumpet-shaped magical instrument, placed it against his lips, and spoke solemnly, "You are all from my Star Forging Division, so I won't keep you in suspense and will speak directly - recently, the mermaid pearls provided by the East China Sea were stolen. This was originally the responsibility of the Jingzhao Yin and the Du'e Division, but since the number of mermaid pearls is closely related to everyone's interests, I would like to ask you to assist the Du'e Division and the Jingzhao Yin in the investigation until you find the person who secretly stole the mermaid pearls with internal and external collusion!"
Ling Suye thought, no wonder those officials wearing aqua blue star-patterned uniforms all had gloomy faces, it turned out that the mermaid pearls were stolen.
Moreover, senior officials have begun to suspect that there is a "mole".
"Now, please cooperate with Jingzhao Yin's investigation." Shen Sixuan's voice was clearly not loud, but it could be transmitted very far through the trumpet-like magic weapon at his mouth, so that even though Ling Suye was standing farther back, he could still hear it clearly.
As the Jingzhao Yin constable and legal advisor entered, noisy discussions began to arise.
The person in front of Ling Suye leaned over slightly and said, "This shouldn't have much to do with us. After all, we're all new here."
The newcomer behind him said, "Not necessarily. Some of these newcomers have connections with senior officials in the Star Forging Division. They might have stolen the mermaid pearls for their own offspring—but don't forget, if you grind the mermaid pearls into powder and drink it, it can make you smarter."
Become smarter?
Ling Suye had never heard of this statement.
However, it is true that it can refresh the mind and even whiten the skin in a short period of time.
"Our company has always been generous to you. As long as you join, as a member of the Star Forging Department, you can enjoy two mermaid pearls every month. If it were put on the black market, this would not be exchanged for more than 20 taels of gold. But in order to let everyone practice and improve their forging skills, our Wen Gong did not hesitate to distribute such precious materials to everyone. But some people are still not satisfied, and actually colluded with others to steal the mermaid pearls - this is really intolerable. Now that the officials of Jingzhao Yin are here, we must find the traitor and deal with him strictly!" Shen Sixuan, holding the loudspeaker, became more and more angry. "I advise everyone, anyone with a conscience, it's best to admit it now, otherwise when the officials of Jingzhao Yin find you, even I can't protect you."
When Ling Suye heard him mention the "black market", his heart moved, and he thought that he could also go to the black market when he has time.
Even if you don't buy anything, buying some information is a very good idea.
Although he joined the Duerce Department that year, he focused most of his energy on cases of monsters injuring people and monster hunters dying, and rarely paid attention to palace affairs.
Looking back at the extraordinary woman from the Sheng family in western Hunan mentioned by Xuan You, Ling Suye really wanted to know her relationship with the current Sheng family.
Ling Suye's group of newcomers were screened quickly, and soon it was Ling Suye's turn to ask—
Where are you from, how many people are there in your family, when did you arrive in the capital, and how long do you plan to stay?
After four questions, Ling Suye was not suspected of committing the crime at all, so the yamen runner turned to the next person to question.
As this person walked past Ling Suye, he smiled at him slightly and nodded in greeting.
He was none other than the thin man among the two yamen runners who sat at the same table with Ling Suye when he went to the noodle shop to eat noodles on the first day.
Although this man has a stern face, there are two deep blue spots under his eyes, making him look like a scholar whose yang energy has been absorbed by a foxy woman.
Ling Suye still remembers that he said something strange seemed to have happened in his home. His wife acted strangely at night and the young child did not make any noise.
This is usually caused by encountering demons for a long time and being contaminated by demonic energy.
But at this moment, the yamen runner was so close to him that Ling Suye did not sense any demonic energy. He thought that the demonic energy on his wife should be very weak.
This level of demonic energy doesn't even require a demon catcher. You can quickly eliminate it by simply getting more sun and warming yourself by the fire.
Therefore, Ling Suye did not pay too much attention to him.
Suddenly, there was a muffled thunder in the sky, and a large black cloud was driven over by the winter wind. It looked like it was about to rain.
In front, a yamen runner from Jingzhao Yin discussed with Shen Sixuan from the Duanxing Division that they might as well go to the Duanxing Division lobby to hide from the rain. It didn't matter for them, the constables who practiced martial arts all day long, but the key was that the masters of the Duanxing Division did delicate work and they didn't want to get sick from the rain.
Shen Sixuan still held the loudspeaker to his mouth and said, "If the traitor is not found, everyone will be exposed to the rain together. I will let that traitor see how many people he has harmed because of his own selfishness!"
This time, Ling Suye didn't listen to him anymore, but raised her head. The gilded chain swayed in her hair as she moved. Her jawline was smooth and her nose was high, making people unable to look away.
"There is evil spirit in the clouds." Ling Suye thought.
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