Volume 5: The Case of the Five Kings Fighting the Dragon Chapter 142: Looking for Dong Kang
When we returned to the Mirror Department, the interior of the Mirror Department was still brightly lit.
Li Waner was wearing a pure white dress, sitting in the hall and waiting quietly.
"Wan'er, why haven't you rested yet?" Xing Qianqiu walked into the hall and said softly.
"I have heard what Brother Xu said." Li Waner smiled and raised her head and looked at Xing Qianqiu: "How was the harvest?"
"It's okay, thanks to Mr. Duan." Xing Qianqiu said: "King Shunjing should have found the murderer behind the scenes, so there won't be any big problems."
"That's good." Li Waner said and stood up: "Okay, you have had a hard day, so you should all go to bed early."
After saying that, Li Waner left directly. Looking at Li Waner's leaving figure, Duan Ming and Xing Qianqiu looked at each other.
Duan Ming touched his nose and whispered: "Well, why do I feel that she is the boss of us?"
"Haha, go to bed quickly." Xing Qianqiu also cried and laughed and shook his head.
Soon, the night passed, and Duan Ming and the others left the Mirror Division again the next morning, preparing to go to the mine to have a look.
I wonder if the director of the Ordnance Department found the traitor after they left yesterday.
However, as soon as he walked out of the door, he saw a carriage parked outside.
"Are these three Mr. Duan, Commander Xing, and Princess Mingzhu?" the carriage curtain opened, and a middle-aged man about forty years old walked out, asking with a smile on his face.
"Exactly." Xing Qianqiu nodded: "I don't know if you are..."
"Oh, I am the butler of Prince Changping. On behalf of the prince, I have come to invite you three to a banquet at Prince Changping's Mansion tonight." After saying that, the middle-aged man got off the carriage, came to Duan Ming and Xing Qianqiu, and took out two invitations.
: "I would also like to ask three of you to show your face."
"Please also tell the prince that the three of us will definitely be there." Duan Ming and Xing Qianqiu said after receiving the invitation.
"Then I won't disturb you three. I'll take my leave first and go back to get ready." The middle-aged man said with a smile.
"What is the plan of King Changping?" After the middle-aged man left, Duan Ming looked at Xing Qianqiu with the invitation.
"I don't know. Changping King Li Shi, he is informal and has the best reputation among the princes." Xing Qianqiu said: "Maybe he just wants to meet us?"
"It's possible." Li Waner nodded: "Uncle King Changping is indeed a very nice person."
"Forget it, never mind." Duan Ming shook his head: "If it's really just about eating, it's best. If there are other problems, let's deal with them as soon as possible."
Since it was a dinner party, Duan Ming and the others were not in a hurry and decided to go to the mine first and then go there later.
When they arrived at the mine, the soldiers from the Mirror Division who had been guarding near the mine hurriedly came out.
"How is the situation here?" Xing Qianqiu asked in a deep voice.
"Command." A soldier from the Mirror Division said, "Yesterday the Ordnance Division sent people to search the entire mountain, but no figure named Dong was found."
"Didn't find it?" Duan Ming was stunned for a moment, then looked at Xing Qianqiu: "Old Xing, are you sure you saw that person enter the tunnel?"
"OK." Xing Qianqiu nodded, frowning: "In this case, how could this person disappear? Can he still have wings and fly?"
"Is there another exit in the tunnel?" Li Waner asked.
"No." Duan Ming shook his head: "When we were in the tunnel, I paid careful attention to make sure there would be no other exit..."
After thinking for a while, Duan Ming said to the two of them: "Let's go and have a look at the tunnel exit."
"Yeah." Xing Qianqiu and Li Waner nodded.
Soon the three of them arrived at the exit of the tunnel. The location of the exit was still the same as when they left before, which meant that no one went back from the tunnel.
"Look around carefully to see if there are any clues." Duan Ming didn't know which direction to investigate next, so he could only use this method first.
Then the three of them searched the area near the exit bit by bit.
After a while, the director of the Ordnance Department also rushed over with people from the Ordnance Department.
He was originally worried about Dong Kang's matter. After all, there was a spy in the Ordnance Department. If this matter got serious, he would not be able to escape the blame.
If Dong Kang could be caught with his own hands, perhaps he could be punished and meritorious services could be made. If he just let Dong Kang run away, the crime would be even greater.
"Commander Xing, Mr. Duan, Princess." The director came and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't get anything yesterday."
"No need to be sorry, you have tried your best." Xing Qianqiu shook his head: "Please also ask the director to help us find clues nearby. Don't miss any details."
"Oh, okay, leave it to me!" The director nodded, then waved his hand, and everyone began to search.
Soon, more than an hour passed, and everyone still found nothing.
"Hey, who of you knows this guy named Dong? Can he really fly?" Duan Ming sighed longly and looked at everyone in the Ordnance Department.
"I don't know, he doesn't like to talk much."
"However, it shouldn't be possible to fly."
"That's right, that's right."
"Can't fly." Duan Ming gritted his teeth and looked around: "Then...how about he climbs a tree?"
"Mr. Duan, what do you mean?" Xing Qianqiu's eyes lit up and he looked at Duan Ming.
"If there are no traces on the ground, and he can't fly..." Duan Ming looked up at the tree: "Then there is only one possibility..."
"Climb the tree? Shuttle through the canopy?" Xing Qianqiu thought for a moment: "Theoretically it is possible, but who would be so free?"
"What if it's not leisure?" Duan Ming said, "For example, what is there on the tree?"
"You mean, carrier pigeon!" Xing Qianqiu's eyes lit up: "Yes, if the other party leaves a carrier pigeon on the tree, it can save a lot of time on the road."
As he spoke, Xing Qianqiu jumped up, stepped on the big trees on both sides with his feet, and climbed up quickly.
"Uh, this is a monkey!" Duan Ming looked at the figure submerged in the tree canopy and couldn't help but admired: "No, it's faster than a monkey."
As soon as Duan Ming finished speaking, he heard a voice coming from above: "Give way!"
Then a figure fell down with a "plop" and landed heavily on the ground.
"This, this is Dong Kang!" A person from the Ordnance Department came forward to take a look and hurriedly said: "This is indeed Dong Kang!"
At this moment, Dong Kang's face was ashen, his body was extremely cold, and he was obviously dead.
Then Xing Qianqiu jumped down with a bloody cage in his hand: "There was a snake in the tree, and I killed it."
"Hmm." Xing Qianqiu looked at Dong Kang's body carefully and found two teeth marks on the back of Dong Kang's neck: "That should be a poisonous snake, and Dong Kang was killed by him."
