Chapter 363: The Real Murderer

The other party’s strong wrist made the black-robed scout realize the strength gap between the two sides; he was a veteran intelligence officer and would not be disoriented and lose his mind because of the crisis.

Instead, years of training had made him more and more level-headed in times of crisis.

“Lord Xu, there’s no need for you to be like this, you want to investigate the case of the blood slaughter of 3,000 miles, and you’re afraid of offending His Highness the King of Huai, these are things that my humble servant understands. But I advise you not to be impulsive, there are a few things you need to think about.

“First, the Wangfei was not robbed by the barbarians, this matter cannot be concealed, huh, I cannot tell you the reason for this. But you believe me, if the crown princess falls into the hands of the barbarians, His Highness King Huai will always know in the end.

“But the result was that the crown princess was saved by you, as long as the investigation after the fact, the node you were at when you broke away from the mission coincided with the point in time when the crown princess was robbed, that’s enough. His Highness King Huai doesn’t need evidence to deal with anyone, as long as he feels that you are an enemy.”

The king of Zhenbei is more domineering than I imagined ah ……… Xu Qi an was expressionless and continued to listen.

“Secondly, you saved the Princess, which is a great achievement. His Highness has been in charge of the army for many years, and emphasizes the words “clear distinction between reward and punishment”. If you can get on the King of Huai’s line, Xu Yinluo, you will have a bright future. Wei Yuan can only promote your rank, but King Huai is a Prince, he can promote your title.”

“Thirdly, a case is just a case, and if you mess up one, it won’t affect your reputation for solving strange cases. The future is the most important thing, isn’t it. Why affect yourself for a broken case that has nothing to do with you.”

The crown princess silently took another step back, she did not bother to look at the black-robed scout, her attention all on Xu Qi’an.

Although he is a womanizer, his style of action is still decent, and he is definitely not the kind of scum who sells out others for the sake of the future ……… Wangfei has a certain degree of confidence in this, but he is still a little apprehensive and nervous.

After all, Xu Qi’an was now facing the pressure of offending the Prince, as well as the prospect of adding to his rank.

Bureaucracy exists no matter which world ah ………. Xu Qi’an nodded slowly:

“That makes sense, I’m almost convinced. You’re right, the crown princess is originally the rightful wife of the King of Zhenbei, and there’s no need for me to offend a prince because of this.”

The black-robed scout’s masked face revealed a smile, he was betting that Xu Qi’an wouldn’t dare to offend King Huai; betting that Xu Qi’an cared more about his future.

With purgatory on one side and wonderland on the other, any fool knows what to choose.

Of course, who cares if these words can be honored and if King Huai is willing to give the surname Xu a bright future.

As long as he survived this calamity and returned to the barracks, Xu Qi’an would be fish meat on the chopping block. As for the qi lookout technique, the black-robed scout wasn’t worried, and what he said just now was all sincere.

King Huai does reward and punish clearly.

Looking at the obviously relieved black-robed scout, Xu Qi’an spoke in a heavy tone, “Answer me one question, and I’ll let you go. Blood Slaughter 3,000 miles, what’s going on?”

The black-robed scout’s heart sank as he snapped, ”Xu Qi’an, if you must investigate, then only destruction awaits you. King Huai pinches you to death like he pinches an ant.

“Not only you, but your family, your relatives and friends, all of them will be implicated. If you don’t want them to bury you, you’d better obediently release me.”

Seeing Xu Qi’an’s silence, the black-robed scout sneered, ”If you kill me, at most you will be killing people to silence them, so what’s the point? Could it be that you can summon my soul.

“Be smart, think about it, and what I just said still stands.”

As an intelligence officer, he understands the human heart and the art of talking. A combination of coercion and enticement, using prospects as bait and friends and family as blackmail.

“You got it.” Xu Qi’an grinned.

The black-robed scout flinched, a sense of foreboding welled up, and tried, “Sh, what?”

Xu Qi’an stared into his eyes and repeated, “You’re right, I really do know how to invoke spirits.”

After he finished speaking, he saw the black-robed scout’s pupils shrink violently, and then struggled, colorfully threatening, ”Xu Qi’an, I’m His Highness the King of Huai’s secret agent, if you dare to kill me, you’re making an enemy of the King of Huai, and you won’t have a good ending.

“Are you a fool, no, fools are smarter than you, the sunny road you don’t take, favoring …….”

There was a click, and the angry shouting stopped in a summery fashion.

“Noisy.”

Xu Qi’an casually threw the body onto the ground, and the secret agent’s eyes widened as he stared at the sky in deathly silence, seemingly dead in his tracks.

Good killing! The princess applauded in her heart.

Her heart slowly stabilized and she exhaled as if relieved, and when she looked at Xu Qi’an again, the appreciation in her eyes was undisguised.

Unconsciously, Xu Qi’an’s image here with her became more and more distinct and three-dimensional, and her trust in Xu Qi’an grew, these transformations happened quietly, and were difficult for me to notice immediately.

The princess was just about to open her mouth and say, Let’s slip away!

Xu Qi’an was seen taking out a book, tearing off a page of paper and igniting it with his qi, and in an instant, a gloomy wind blew out of thin air, there seemed to be mournful cries in his ears, and the warm sun in the sky lost its temperature.

Then, the princess saw a figure that was not real enough to be real, come in the form of green smoke, and hover in mid-air a zhang away from Xu Qi’an’s body.

Ghost ghost ghost …….. The princess’s eyes widened a little bit, and her little mouth opened a little bit, scared silly.

She had never seen a ghost in her life, she usually brainstormed and scared herself, now that she saw a real ghost, her brain was a bit confused, she lost all thoughts and even forgot to run away.

Xu Qi’an didn’t notice that the crown princess was caught up in her fear, and even if he did, he didn’t have the time to comfort this First Beauty of the Dafeng right now.

There were more important things waiting for him to do.

In addition to the three barbarians who had died at the hands of Xu Qi’an, and the black-robed secret agent, he had also summoned the departed souls of the soldiers who had died horizontally.

The new souls had silly heads and dull eyes.

Xu Qi’an looked at the black-robed man, there was silence for a few seconds, and slowly said, “What’s going on with the Blood Slaughter 3,000 miles.”

The secret agent’s expression stiffened and his voice was hollow as he replied, “His Highness, King Huai, is impacting the Third Grade Grand Circle and needs a large amount of life essence to grow the martial artist’s qi and blood.”

These words were like scorched thunder exploding in Xu Qi’an and the crown princess’s ears.

The blood slaughter of three thousand miles was done by the king of Zhenbei …….. At this moment, Xu Qi’an’s brain buzzed as if he had been struck on the head.

I have actually predicted that if the blood slaughter of 3,000 miles was done by the barbarians, how could Tang Shanjun and the others, who are the tribal leaders, not know about it? How could they not be involved?

It’s just that Chu Xianglong’s lack of knowledge made me overlook this detail and think that there is still an inside job in this case …….. No, the real reason is that I don’t want to believe it.

Unwilling to believe that a Prince who had been guarding the border for more than ten years, the royal family of the Dae Bong, would slaughter the people who admired him and loved him for his own selfish desires.

Xu Qi’an’s mouth trembled as he muttered, “Unforgivable ……..”

He would rather all this was done by the barbarians, we are all in different camps, meeting is life and death, today you slaughtered the children of the Great Feng, in the coming day I will lead the army to step on the barbarian tribes.

Since we’re mortal enemies, there’s nothing to say.

But he couldn’t accept that the one who had caused this tragedy was the King of Zhenbei, the Prince of Dafeng. He wielded a butcher’s knife against his own people for the sole reason of being promoted to the second rank.

Bastard!

Yes, it was King Huai who did it …….. The princess covered her lips as tears came out of her eyes.

After a long time, Xu Qi’an heard his hoarse voice ask, “Where is the site of the massacre?”

The black-robed man replied with a frozen expression, “I don’t know.”

I don’t know ……. This answer was out of Xu Qi’an’s expectation, shouldn’t it be Xikou County? Aren’t they all blocked off over there.

In addition, it was surprising that even the secret agent who was the heart of the Zhenbei King did not know about this matter, this point was very unscientific.

“Who knows?” Xu Qi’an asked the doubt in his heart.

“Chuzhou Capital Commander Que Yongxiu and the “Heaven” secret agent know.” The black-robed man’s spirit said.

Commander Que Yongxiu?

Xu Qi’an pondered for a moment, recalling this person’s information: que yongxiu, Chuzhou Capital Commanding Officer, Duke of the Protectorate.

Hereditary titles.

The first Lord Protector was the sworn brother of the then King of Pinghai, later Emperor Wuzong.

Emperor Wuzong was the prince who, five hundred years ago, teamed up with the Buddhist sect to take out the first Supervisor, seeking to usurp the throne of the dynasty in the name of purifying the ruler’s side.

Protector of this line, is a rare evergreen tree in the old honors, and the royal family clan has more marriage, family history married two princesses, four princesses.

Que Yongxiu has the bloodline of the Dafeng royal family.

“Que Yongxiu and the King of Zhenbei were in collusion and created the tragic case of the blood slaughter of three thousand miles ……. Gathering evidence to report them, I don’t believe Emperor Yuan Jing can still harbor the two, even if he wants to harbor them, Duke Wei doesn’t agree, and neither do all the dukes in the court ……..”

The gunners in the court, the civil and military officials in the capital, the good and the bad, the dim and the shrewd, are a force that even the emperor can’t fight against.

Such a shocking tragedy, as soon as it was revealed, the hundred officials in the capital could not sit back and watch.

Xu Qi’an resisted the urge to return to the capital with his soul, because it wasn’t enough to bring down the King of Zhenbei and the Duke of Guoguo with just the soul of a secret agent.

He turned to the three barbarians and asked, “What is your reason for intercepting the Zhenbei King’s secret agents?”

The barbarian from the Qingyan tribe on the left replied, “Look for the place where King Zhenbei slaughtered the living beings and report back to the chief.”

The barbarian from the Qingyan tribe in the center then replied, “The chief also wants to be promoted to the second rank.”

The barbarian from the Qingyan tribe on the right finally replied, “During this period of time, we have lost many of our clansmen as we hunted each other with the Zhenbei King’s spies.”

“Why are you looking for the place where the Zhenbei King slaughtered living beings.” Xu Qi’an glanced at the black-robed man’s residual soul that stood woodenly.

He immediately grasped the point that there was a big problem here.

Logically, finding the location of the crime is what he, the organizing officer, has to do, and it is one of the incriminating evidence he has to find. The case can’t go on if the victim can’t even be found.

However, the fact that the King of Zhenbei’s spies did not know the location of the crime while the barbarians were looking for the location of the crime meant that the bloodshed of 3,000 miles was not really over yet.

“Take the essence blood.” The barbarian on the left replied.

Xu Qi’an asked the brutes in the center and on the right again, and received a unified answer.

According to the analysis of things in the ambush case, the barbarians wanted to take the creation of the King of Zhenbei in two ways: firstly, to take the king’s consort; secondly, to take the essence blood.

Based on the second point of feedback, it could be learned that the case of the Blood Massacre of 3,000 miles was not over, or rather, the King of Zhenbei had not yet accomplished a great deal. Otherwise, the scouts from the Qingyan Ministry should have withdrawn their troops long ago.

No wonder there were no experts from the Qingyan Ministry during the siege of the Princess, unsurprisingly, they had all sneaked into Chuzhou, looking for the location of the Blood Slaughter 3,000 miles. And King Zhenbei’s spies were secretly fighting with the barbarians and hunting each other.

No wonder when they picked up the princess, there were no spies to escort and receive her, they must have been left to their own devices, trying to hide the Blood Slaughter 3,000 miles on one side and hunting the barbarians that had infiltrated into Chuzhou on the other.

“Only your Qing Yan tribe knows about this matter?” Xu Qi’an asked the question again.

“Yes.” The brute replied.

This is not right stem ……… How did the leader of the Qingyan Department know about this matter? Xu Qi An pondered for a moment and said:

“Have you ever seen a warlock in your tribe.”

“Seen.” The brute froze.

Well, in that case, the Ministry of Qing Yan knows everything inside the Blood Slaughter 3,000 miles that the gang of Mystic Warlocks told them.

Two conclusions can be drawn from this: one, the Mystic Warlock gang is supporting the leader of the Qingyan tribe, supporting him to seize the Zhenbei King’s creation and promote him to the second rank.

Second, the mysterious warlock gang, seizing the Da Fung’s qi, supporting the barbarian leader, infiltrating the court and eating away at the Da Fung’s national strength, their position is clear at a glance.

Xu Qi’an didn’t continue to ask questions and said in a deep voice, “Crouch down and cover your eyes.”

The princess skillfully cooperated and immediately crouched down to cover her eyes.

Xu Qi’an took out the fragment of the Earth Book and put the corpses of the black-robed scout and the three barbarians into the jade mini-mirror, then opened ** and collected their souls.

“Go!”

He came to crouch in front of the princess, turned his back to her, and said, “Come up.”

This time, the crown princess did not hesitate, opening her arms and wrapping them around Xu Qi’an’s neck. She realized that she actually no longer resisted having some physical contact with this man at this moment.

That’s weird.

The Princess twisted her head and looked behind her as a gust of wind blew, and the souls that weren’t real enough were like dreams and bubbles, ripped apart and dissipated in the wind.

With a sudden surge of grief that pierced her heart, she whispered, “He doesn’t deserve the title of King of Zhenbei.”

“Shut up and hold me tight.”

“Uh-huh.” Her arms tightened and she lay honestly on Xu Qi’an.

Bang! With a muffled sound of the ground trembling, Xu Qi’an scurried out like an arrow and disappeared into the wilderness.

………..

At noon, a hundred miles away from Sanhuang County, the direction is west.

Wangfei sat by the stream, not-so-ladylike nibbling on a chicken leg, eating it while glancing at the frozen Xu Qi’an, always haughty, with a rare gentle tone:

“What are you going to do next?”

Xu Qi’an looked at her and smiled, fiddling with the campfire, “In fact, the reason why I brought you north was because I wanted to use you to blackmail the King of Zhenbei, causing him to throw in the towel, and the original intent was bad.”

She pursed her lips and said grimly, “I know.”

She is not a fool, this man went north to investigate the case, and brought himself around, what is the intention, use your brain can guess.

Xu Qi’an was surprised, “Huh, you’re not angry? This is not in line with your usual character.”

Wangfei shook her head and said softly, ”I was born good looking since I was a child, when I was nine years old, I went with my parents to the Jade Buddha Temple to burn incense, and the presiding officer of the temple saw me and wrote a poem, well, you should know that poem.

“From then on, I became famous, and my parents worked harder and harder to train me, hoping that I would become a talented woman who knew how to read and write, and who was good at calligraphy and painting.

“When I was thirteen years old, the pressure on the clan grew because I was too beautiful. Not only did I have to deal with the dignitaries who came to my door to ask for my hand in marriage, even some of the clansmen who were not related to me looked at me strangely.

“My parents and elders protected me well, not because they loved me so much, but because they didn’t want any flaws in their precious cargo. Finally, in that year, the emperor sent someone to seek me out and asked me to enter the palace.

“Parents and elders were overjoyed and burst into tears; yes, the goods they had worked so hard to cultivate were finally sold at the most exorbitant prices.

“After I entered the palace, I only saw the emperor once, and after that I was left out in the cold. I later learned that the emperor had already begun to practice monasticism at that time, and was not close to women. To me this was a good thing, the palace was good food, good housing, fine clothes, and I didn’t have to commit myself to catering to a smelly man.

“After the Battle of Shanhaiguan, I was transferred to the King of Huai as his rightful consort, and I lived in the King of Huai’s residence for twenty years. I know in my heart exactly what the two brothers are up to.

“But what can I do, I’m just a weak woman, not to mention guards guarding and maidservants watching, even if there are no restraints whatsoever and I’m left to run, I’ll lose half of my life if I run from the Huai Wang Mansion to the outer city gate.

“I grew up as cargo, constantly being passed on. When the day comes that it has no more value, it will be discarded.”

By the campfire, she hugged her knees, her voice soft, her face devoid of sadness or joy.

“So I don’t blame you for treating me like a bargaining chip, like a piece of cargo, I think you’re the good guy compared to those two brothers.”

This, this is too miserable …….. Xu Qi An’s heart welled up with pity, it had nothing to do with beauty, this pity was the same as for Zhong Li.

Totally out of sympathy.

He looked at the Princess and questioned, “It’s really not weird?”

The princess was honest this time and nodded her head, “Oddly enough, I was just pissed off thinking you were going to betray me.”

Xu Qi’an laughed, “That’s how women are, their mouths don’t match their hearts.”

She laughed herself, and then asked, ”How do you intend to deal with the matter of the Zhenbei King, this matter, since he did it, is of a much, much more serious nature than lying about the military.

“I’m afraid it won’t end well if you insist on going against him.”

The mountain wind blew, the campfire swayed, and in the quiet atmosphere, after a lot of time, Xu Qi’an slowly said, “Find the location of the Blood Slaughter 3,000 miles, stop him, punish him, and if it’s possible, I’ll kill him.”

The princess looked at him in fascination.

………..

Sanghwang County, Yayin Building.

“Knock knock …….”

Cai’er, who was leaning on the soft collapse reading an idle book, heard a knock on the door, followed by the pimp’s laughter, “Cai’er, Master Zhao is here, treat him well.”

Zell received the book and responded with a chirpy, “Okay, Mom.”

The door to the room pushed open and in came a middle-aged man dressed as a rich man with a lecherous smile on his face.

He crossed the threshold and closed the door behind him, and when he turned back around, the smile was gone from his face, proper and serious.

The middle-aged man looked at Cai’er and nodded, “Told him the news about Xikou County?”

Zell saluted and said respectfully, “Yes, he didn’t suspect a thing.”

The middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief, sat down at the table, poured a cup of tea, and leisurely said, “But with his resourcefulness, he will definitely be able to realize something is wrong after the fact, but by that time, things will be over.”

Zell didn’t say anything.

The middle-aged man then said, “I’m going north in the next few days, you’ll leave Sanhuang County first in the near future, and if I die on the way, you should never come back.”

After a pause, he said in a serious tone, “The Green Squire.”

Cai’er lowered her head, “A hundred deaths.”

………..

PS: 5,000 words to ask for monthly votes, and half an hour to correct typos.