This time when they came to Hejing, they needed to bring a total of two things back.
One is Tao Mao.
One is Li Ju's head.
However, the tight protection of Jinping Palace far exceeded their expectations. After two heavy rains, they thought that the Li Qian Dynasty, which had long been out of balance, would become even more disorderly. As a result, the entire imperial city became an iron wall.
A few days ago, they sent people to investigate at night. The four palace walls of Li's Yanguang Palace were even demolished, and they were replaced by dense black iron armored guards.
Not only are these black iron armored guards working day and night, working in three shifts, the Yanguang Hall without the four high walls has a wider view. If there is any movement among other people, the Yanguang Hall can be seen at a glance.
It would be almost harder for them to attack Li Zhi than to reach the sky.
And now, Meteor has been killed.
There was a brief silence in the room. After a while, the man said: "Meteor's death...does it mean that we have been exposed?"
The attendant glanced at him, raised his hand to lift the teapot on the table and poured water into it. He drank another cup and said, "Yes."
"How could it be?" The master couldn't figure it out. "We haven't done anything in the past few days. If we really want to say that we were exposed, it would be just the lines we laid out to catch Tao Mao a while ago, but now they have been safely closed."
Followed by silence.
The master continued: "So now, what should we do?"
The follower said: "Madam and Master Kazuhiko, what did you say originally?"
The master said: "Madam said that she must see Li Ju's head, otherwise she should not go back. Master Heyan said that if there is any change, leave quickly. But..."
The attendant looked up at him.
"But," the master continued, "we have found Tao Mao, which is a great achievement in front of Madam. She will not be angry. On the contrary, it is difficult for us to deal with Master Yan. At least we need to understand the killing meteor. If the murderer of this person is not even identified and his influence is unknown, we will only be severely punished when we go back."
The follower said: "Meteor's body is still thrown there."
The master frowned: "Where?"
"Behind the Hedong warehouse, when I found him, he had a lot of body spots and he had been dead for a while."
With that said, the attendant took out something.
The master walked to his side and saw him opening the handkerchief and there was a handful of hair lying inside.
Since the body couldn't be brought back, and it couldn't be burned on the spot to turn into ashes, the only option was to cut off a handful of hair and take it back to the homeland.
The entourage said: "I moved his body and hid it. What I thought was that when the smell became dissipated, the officials here would treat him as the body of an unknown man and deal with it."
The master looked at the hair and said, "Apart from the wound, there were other things found at the scene."
"No, but that wound must be a peerless weapon."
"Peerless." The master noticed this description.
The attendant thought for a while and said, "What you just said makes sense. If we can't even figure out whose hand the meteor died from, we won't be able to live up to our merits after we go back."
"Should we send someone to bring his body back immediately?"
"I don't know if that master will go back."
The master pondered for a moment and said: "You can first send someone to report it to the officials. The officials will come forward and we will arrange for people to replace the corpse."
"That's all we can do," the attendant said, "I'll just listen to you."
The voices of the two people's discussion became low, and the master opened the door and left the room.
The business downstairs of Kangshan Noodle House is good. When the master comes downstairs, the waiters greeting him respectfully.
The master went to the counter and whispered in the ear of the cashier.
The accountant looked shocked.
"Go." The master whispered.
"Well, I'll make arrangements right away." The accountant immediately put down the note.
There was a child sitting near the counter. He looked a little dull. He was holding a bowl in his hand and his eyes were quietly looking towards the leaving accounting room.
"Come on!" the waiter called, coming over with a bowl of hot noodle soup.
The boy said, "Can you pour half of the noodle soup into this bowl? I want to take it back to my family."
"You're still a good boy! No problem!" said the boy.
He poured half of the noodle soup into the bowl without a drop of soup spilling outside.
The kid grabbed his chopsticks and started to devour it.
The accountant never came back, and the master took over the accountant's work behind the counter.
Not long after, a man came in from outside. He was going to go upstairs directly and saw the gentleman behind the counter. The man walked towards the counter.
The child raised his head and glanced at the man as he would a passer-by.
The man walked quickly to the master's side, and just as the master whispered in the counting house's ear, he also whispered in the master's ear.
The master's face showed surprise, and soon became solemn and serious.
The two chatted quietly, and after a few words, the master asked the man to go upstairs first to find his entourage.
The master continued to work as a cashier behind the counter, but the child obviously noticed that he was very distracted.
The half bowl of noodles was eaten very quickly. After the child finished eating, he paid the bill and left with the remaining half bowl of noodle soup.
As soon as he came out, he went into an alley, put some soup in a quiet corner of the alley, and whistled.
The dog that smelled the smell suddenly ran from a secluded corner, wagging its tail happily and crazily.
Where the dog came out, a thin, slender and handsome man stepped out holding a sword.
As soon as he saw him, the child was nervous and happy at the same time. He had never seen such a good-looking, dazzling, elegant and noble man. He hurriedly stepped forward and told him what he had just seen in the noodle shop.
After saying that, the boy blamed himself: "Their voices were too low, and I couldn't hear some of them clearly, but I confirmed that I heard the Yamen, Jilaifang and Tianrongwei."
Shen Lie said: "Who is Jilaifang?"
"On Rongxi Street! A tavern! I'm familiar with it. I often run errands and buy drinks for the neighbors!"
Shen Lie said: "Thank you very much."
He handed over a piece of silver.
The child's eyes were bright and he quickly took it with both hands: "Wow!"
Shen Lie said: "First go to the money shop near the government office and exchange it for loose silver coins before spending it, so as not to risk exposing your wealth. Remember, you must be near the government office."
"Please remember, little one, please remember," the child said happily, "You must do as you are told! Don't dare to mess around in the money shop near the government office!"
In the noodle shop, the man who had just returned from outside quickly went upstairs and entered the room.
Xia Zhaoyi, who was on the other side of the wall, was about to leave. Hearing the movement, he stuck back again.
The entourage said: "What is Tianrong Guard's action?"
The man who came back said: "Yes, there will be action in Jilaifang tonight."
The follower said: "Jilaifang, is it the place on Rongxi Street?"
"Well, since Lu Mingfeng was arrested, the Tianrong Guard has been dying, but they seem to take this action tonight very seriously."
The attendant said in a low voice: "I wonder if it has something to do with the fact that yesterday Li Zhi summoned the generals of the imperial capital to enter the palace."
"Are we going to staff the theater?"
The attendant paused and said: "Meteor is dead."
The man who came back was shocked: "What?! Who killed him and how did he die?"
Just tell me briefly.
"It sounds like an assassination, but Meteor is so skilled..." The man who came back stopped talking.
Ever since he sneaked here and started eavesdropping, Xia Zhaoyi heard the people next door talking about the shooting star's skills more than once.
Now, Xia Zhaoyi couldn't help but wonder who would be the person who assassinated Meteor.
