The entire inn was alarmed, and the first thing people smelled when they pushed open the door and rushed in was the smell of Tao Daizhuo's incontinence.
Tao Daizhuo didn't trust anyone and was afraid of everyone. He yelled and told everyone to get out.
The inn was in chaos, boiling in the wind and snow.
Kang Jian and Yang Fugui looked around and finally saw the girl coming back through the heavy snow on the ground.
Kang Jian jumped out of the carriage and went to meet her, holding an umbrella over her head. Seeing that her body was not stained with blood and she didn't look like she had been in a fight, he asked curiously.
Xia Zhaoyi's voice was calm and she finished speaking in a few simple words as she walked.
"Is that all?" Kang Jian was surprised, "Miss Ali, are you just going to scare him?"
Xia Zhaoyi smiled faintly: "That's enough, Tao Daizhuo has already gone crazy."
"Well, I heard he seemed to have gone crazy a few years ago."
"Not only is he crazy himself, but he also drives everyone around him crazy. His heart is not with Duke Dingguo or my sister, but with Tao Lan."
"Tao Lan?"
"He hates her very much," Xia Zhaoyi's voice was very soft. Listening to it on the snowy night, it was ethereal and cold. "He was originally the prince and grandson of Kyoto with beautiful clothes and angry horses. After he got a little older, he became mature, stalwart, wealthy and suave.
A man of power. His life should have been glorious, but he lost everything."
"Then if he goes to Beiyuan..."
"Tao Lan's life will definitely be chaotic." Xia Zhaoyi smiled.
The carriage traveled south through the night without stopping. It didn't stop at the back door of an inn outside Congxinbeimen Station until about four o'clock.
After Kang Jian waited for Xia Zhaoyi to go to sleep, he asked Yang Fugui to rest first. He went for a walk nearby and came back soon.
As a habit developed by following Shen Lie for many years, wherever the secret guards go, the first places they go to are the notice boards and teahouses.
Walking through the crowded crowd, Kang Jian looked at each one, and suddenly paused, his eyes stopped on a notice.
Tai's wife Bai Shi, he heard Shen Lie and Xia Zhaoyi mention it.
"Imposed capital punishment, hanging corpse at the city gate..."
The notice was very old, dated several days ago, so the body must have been gone.
Kang Jian withdrew his gaze and looked at the others.
Suddenly his body bumped into someone.
The man was also looking at the notice board and lightly bumped into Kang Jian's arm.
It was quite a slight collision, but Kang Jian saw that the other party frowned obviously, showing an expression of pain.
He was taller than Kang Jian. He glanced at Kang Jian and walked towards the other side.
Kang Jian was an experienced secret guard and looked at the opponent's arm.
Ordinary bruises and sprains will not hurt like this. They are either broken bones, or fresh cuts or sword wounds.
There was a passerby on the left and right. Kang Jian looked at him for a few times and then looked away.
There were a lot of notice boards here. Regardless of whether they were old or new, Kang Jian didn't want to let them go. After looking at a few more notice boards, there was sudden noise behind him.
Kang Jian turned around and saw that someone had fainted. It was the big man who had just bumped into him.
Onlookers pushed him and slapped him on the face, and some raised their hands to put their hands under his nose to breathe.
Suddenly, a lean man who was not too tall looked around at others, put his hand into the big man's clothes, and quickly took out a money bag, which he put into his arms, and ran away.
"Hello!"
Someone shouted to him.
No one responded.
Some people were stunned for a moment, fearing that they would fall behind, so they also touched the big man.
"What are you doing!" Kang Jian shouted and ran away.
The crowd ignored him. Some people took away the dagger, some took off their coats, and some wanted to take off their shoes.
Kang Jian grabbed the clothes that were about to be taken away and kicked the man who was taking off his shoes on the shoulder.
Several men rushed up to attack Kang Jian. They were all beaten by Kang Jian until they whined in pain and bared their teeth.
The officers and soldiers from the post station arrived, and the crowd ran away quickly. Kang Jian did not want to cause trouble, so he threw his clothes on the big man and left quickly.
Because carriages are inherently ostentatious, they did not take the inn when they set off on the road at dusk, but took a long detour.
Looking at the city gate of Congxin Mansion on the horizon in the distance, Kang Jian, who had not slept enough, remembered the notice he read today, so he turned around and told about the death of Bai Qingyuan and the strange man he met at the inn.
The car's curtain was raised, Xia Zhaoyi's hands were in his sleeves, and his expression was half-bewildered.
Kang Jian rarely saw such a look on her face: "...Miss Ali?"
"Bai Qingyuan, he died like this." Xia Zhaoyi's voice was very soft, and his tone was still calm.
"And the corpse was hung on the city gate. The notice said that if Chen Yunqi didn't come back, her mother would be killed."
Xia Zhaoyi raised her eyebrows slightly and threatened her mother's life. It was evil and vicious, and it could not have been done by Xin Shun. She had met Xin Shun several times and confirmed that he was not capable of such a thing due to his temperament.
Furthermore, Chen Yunqi and her daughter were released under Nie Huimo's personal order. There was no need for Nie Huimo to pursue the case again, let alone kill Bai Qingyuan.
Chen Yunqi's mother and daughter are related to Chen Yongming, and Chen Yongming is related to Beiyuan's hidden line.
It seems that it was the secret agents of Beiyuan who did it.
Instead of directly killing Zhuge, Chen Yunqi's mother, he swung the butcher's knife towards Bai Qingyuan. The purpose was also obvious, threatening and warning.
And for being so blatant, he was not afraid of Nie Huimo coming back to pursue him. He had either already thought of a countermeasure or was ready to run away at any time.
"Kang Jian," Xia Zhaoyi said thoughtfully, "tell me, why has Beiyuan been able to plant so many hidden lines in Congxin in recent years?"
Her topic changed a little too quickly, and Kang Jian didn't react. He paused and said, "Is it bribery? Coercion or inducement."
"Yes," Xia Zhaoyi said, "coercion or inducement."
"Did Miss Ah Li think of something?"
"The word "bribe" is simple and easy to understand, indicating that these people were originally Tian Dayao's subordinates, and many of them were upstarts or veterans in local officialdom in Youzhou."
"Um."
"Then, their roots are in Youzhou," Xia Zhaoyi looked up at the snowflakes outside the car and said slowly, "He Yanpo will not send a large number of Beiyuan people over to do the wiring. The difference in accent and temperament is really obvious.
In order to break into Youzhou, he will definitely use a large number of people from Youzhou. Either by coercion or inducement, they will be bribed and used by him. As for this kind of political affairs, once the bribed people get involved, they will have no choice but to sacrifice their lives, otherwise they will be exterminated.
This time, if those secret agents in Beiyuan are ready to escape, those people who were bribed will become our pawns."
"I understand," Kang Jian became interested, "Since their roots are in Youzhou, then in turn, we can use coercion and inducement. However," Kang Jian frowned, "These people may not be used in the future.
What if the people in Beiyuan don't take them away, or silence them before leaving?"
"They will always take away five or six people who have already been trained, not to mention, I will not be idle," Xia Zhaoyi smiled faintly, "Small faith leads to great faith, and a wise master accumulates faith. They are treating these people badly today.
People, if you run away on your own, no one will be able to bribe you from now on. I will arrange for a few people to spread this message to them, and they will always take away a few. Otherwise, I will make my name known to the world."
"In this way... I have become the manpower you have placed on the other side, girl!" Kang Jian couldn't help but exclaim.
"What comes and goes is human nature." Xia Zhaoyi said.
