At this time, five or six days had passed since Shen Yi was assassinated.
During these five or six days, Shen Yi stayed in Yueqing City and never visited the anti-Japanese army camp once.
He didn't even go out much.
Even for some important matters that he had to deal with, he had people send them to Yueqing City to deal with them.
Of course, the original burned-down house can no longer be lived in. After all, no one knows if there are any "bad guys" hiding in that house.
Now Mr. Shen has found a small house to live in in Yueqing City. However, the defense around him is very tight now. There are more than ten internal guards who work in shifts day and night to serve as his personal bodyguards. The meals he eats on weekdays, and the internal guards They will also be checked in detail.
Let's put it this way, in terms of Shan Jun's security treatment, he has already surpassed the Jin Crown Prince who went south to patrol the sea some time ago, and is almost on par with the vassal king.
One of the reasons why Mr. Shen doesn't go out is of course the fear of death.
Now that his mind has regained consciousness, he can understand with his buttocks that the murder this time was planned for a long time, and once the enemy takes action, it is unlikely to give up easily. Maybe there will be a third one next. The second and third assassination.
Wandering outside at this time can certainly show your heroic spirit, but it is a bit too suicidal.
In order to save his own life and not cause trouble to the internal guards, Mr. Shen was very sensible and well-behaved.
At noon that day, Shen Yi was still taking a nap in the room here. There was a sound of saluting outside the door. Shen Yi was a light sleeper and was immediately woken up by these noises. Fortunately, he was basically full at this time, so He stood up, put on his coat, yawned, and opened the door.
After pushing the door open, Shen Yi saw a middle-aged man in gray cloth standing at the door of his room.
The middle-aged man looks about thirty-five or six years old. He is about the same height as Shen Yi, but slightly stronger than Shen Yi. His eyes are very sharp.
A group of internal guards gathered around the middle-aged man.
After the middle-aged man saw Shen Yi, he looked at Shen Yi subconsciously, then stepped forward and saluted with clasped fists: "Inner Guard Lu Sheng, I have met Master Shen."
"Lu Sheng..."
Shen Yi didn't know the name of the commander of the inner guard, but he had heard that the commander's surname was Lu, which was the same as his wife's. So Mr. Shen glanced at the middle-aged man and asked: "I dare to ask, but Commander Lu?"
Lu Sheng nodded silently: "Master Shen actually knows about me."
His tone was very calm. Although it was a question, there was no emotion.
"Fortunately, I heard that the commander of the inner guard is named Lu. I'm just guessing."
He looked at Lu Sheng and asked, "Has Commander Lu visited Brother Qi? He was seriously injured and is still recovering from his injuries."
"seen it already…"
Lu Sheng was silent for a while and then said: "Among the people who went south this time, only he did his job well. The others..."
Lu Sheng narrowed his eyes and said nothing.
Obviously, the commander was very dissatisfied with the performance of the inner guards, and there was a high probability that he would hold those inner guards accountable.
But this is all an internal matter within the inner guard. Shen Yi doesn't want to interfere, and he can't.
After Lu Sheng said this, he paused and then said to Shen Yi: "Master Shen, Mr. Lu was ordered to come to Yueqing to investigate the assassination of the imperial envoy. There are other things that I want to talk to Master Shen about."
Shen Yi turned sideways and made a gesture of invitation: "Commander Wei, please."
Lu Sheng lowered his head slightly and entered Shen Yi's bedroom.
This interior defender has a very good attitude.
After all, he, the Commander of the Internal Guard, is a real third-grade military attache and a close confidant of His Majesty. His status in the court is actually very high. It is very rare for him to speak so humbly to Shen Yi.
Of course, it's also possible that he didn't have time to put on airs because of the emperor's orders.
After Lu Sheng entered the room, other internal guards immediately surrounded the courtyard, wrapping it tightly and making it impossible to leak.
After the two of them entered Shen Yi's bedroom, Master Shen first asked Lu Sheng to sit down, then reached out to pour Lu Sheng a cup of tea, and said with a smile: "Shuai Wei arrived in Yueqing so quickly, it's been a hard journey."
Lu Sheng was obviously not sociable. He took the teacup handed over by Shen Yi with both hands, but he didn't have the nerve to say thank you or accept Shen Yi's polite words. Instead, he said to himself: "In the past five or six days, I have been Wei has been investigating this assassination case, and so far, he has some clues."
He looked up at Shen Yi and asked, "Does Master Shen want to know?"
Shen Yi nodded without hesitation: "Of course that's what you want. Even if you die, you have to die, don't you understand?"
"On the day of the flood, our people carefully inspected the garden."
"There's nothing wrong with the well. After all, there's plenty of water. No matter how much drug you put in it, it won't be of much use."
"The bucket in the kitchen was drugged, and the amount was very large."
Lu Sheng lowered his head and took a sip of tea and said, "We sent someone to try it. After two sips, you can sleep for a whole day and a night."
Shen Yi blinked and asked, "Have you found out who drugged it?"
Lu Sheng shook his head slightly: "It's not clear yet, but the person who set the fire has been found."
Lu Sheng said silently: "It was the watchman that night. Someone gave him one hundred taels of silver and asked him to set the fire. Chief Shen's bedroom is along the street, and he set the fire on the street."
"This watchman doesn't know that an imperial envoy lives in the house..."
Shen Yi nodded thoughtfully.
"Then the clue is broken?"
Lu Sheng shook his head: "If I hadn't found something, I wouldn't have come to see Chief Shen."
He sorted out his thoughts and continued: "The assassin was able to drug Chief Shen, but did not use poison. This means that it is most likely that he did not drug himself, but bribed someone else to drug him..."
"The assassins put medicine in the bucket, which means they know that you, Mr. Shen, drink tea every night. They must have bribed the servants in the yard..."
"Let's follow this line..."
Lu Sheng looked calm and said softly: "I found the maid who sweeps the garden."
"The maid said that someone gave her five taels of silver and said she wanted to give you a gift, Master Shen. She asked her what your usual hobbies are, Master Shen."
"She told that person that she drinks tea every night and often doesn't go to bed until midnight."
"Let's follow this line..."
Lu Sheng exhaled a breath and continued: "Following this line, we found some more clues, and all the signs point to Qi Ren."
"Now, it can almost be concluded that 80% to 90% of people did this."
"However, the people who carried out the specific execution are all members of this dynasty. So far, the internal security guards have tracked down more than ten people involved in the case..."
Hearing this, Shen Yi lowered his head and took a sip of tea, then smiled: "According to what Commander Wei said, this case seems to be closed. Is Qi Ren trying to kill me?"
Lu Sheng silently shook his head.
"Master Shen, the people of Qi also have a yamen similar to the inner guards."
Shen Yi nodded to express his understanding.
Basically, as long as a force is large enough, it will naturally spawn a spy agency similar to the Internal Guard.
Northern Qi is naturally no exception.
"This internal guard of Northern Qi has an assassination list, and there are almost a hundred people on the list."
Lu Sheng looked up at Shen Yi with a complicated expression: "Master Shen, you have already entered the top ten."
Shen Yi was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said: "So high?"
"Um."
Lu Sheng nodded and said slowly: "But the problem is that a few months ago, although Director Shen was also on this list, he was at the bottom of the list, only in the last few seats."
"Our internal security is checking..."
This Lu Weishuai's tone was faint.
"Who or what happened that made you, Master Shen, suddenly enter the top ten..."