Since the disappearance of people before the Chinese New Year, Emperor Chu has been making careful arrangements. The seemingly bustling city of Chang'an is actually turbulent, and everything is just the calm before the storm.
It is simply wishful thinking that the eight ancient tribes want to cause a bloody storm in Chang'an City. As long as they dare to harm the Chu State, their conspiracy will never succeed.
The battle under Xuantian City, in which Huang Tianxiang and his Nether Legion joined in, defeated Li Ji's army and killed eight ancient generals, was the Chu Emperor's third warning.
Nowadays.
The Lantern Festival is approaching, and they dare to massacre Jingzhao Mansion and cause murders outside the West City. Emperor Chu feels that if he does not close the net, more innocent people will become the dead souls of their slaughter knives.
Xiao Guizi took the order and left, staring at the bright moon in the sky. Emperor Chu knew that Chang'an City would be slaughtered tonight, and it was destined to be a sleepless night.
For Emperor Chu, if he could stop killing by killing, he would rather kill by mistake than let go. Moreover, various forces have been monitoring the members of the ancient tribe for a long time and would not kill anyone by mistake.
The slightest hint of fragrant wind came from behind, Daji took the cloak from Zhao Feiyan's hand and gently placed it on Emperor Chu's back, with the three women surrounding him.
"It's late at night and it's very cold. My three beloved concubines should quickly come into the palace with me!"
He led the three girls to Tianxiang Palace. He firmly believed that Bao Zheng and Di Renjie could thoroughly investigate what happened in the city. As for the appearance of Lu Junyi's body, he kept it in mind and would never let the heroic souls who died in the battlefield suffer like this again. Blasphemy.
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An hour later.
In the city of Chang'an, a bloody storm breaks out, and ordinary people are unaware of the dangers lurking everywhere. However, Tianmen, secret guards, assassins' alliance, black crow dead soldiers, and Jin Yiwei have spread all over the streets and alleys of Chang'an city.
Every mansion, restaurant, fireworks place, no matter where the eight ancient tribes were hiding, were cleared out one by one. Anyone who dared to struggle on the way to capture would be killed on the spot without mercy.
Bao Zheng and Di Renjie were investigating the killing of dead generals outside the West City. The generals who appeared in the West City were not only the late Lu Junyi, but also the god and demon warriors Shi Sui and Xia Luqi who died at the hands of Lu Bu.
At this time, the bodies of the three people were all under the West City Tower. Bao Zheng and Di Renjie looked around and saw that the corpses of common people and soldiers defending the city were everywhere.
The blood stained the city, which was shocking and frightening. There were more than a thousand people and soldiers in total. No one survived, and they were all beheaded with swords.
"Master Di, this must be the work of the eight ancient clans. They first stained Jingzhao Mansion with blood, killed people and silenced them, and wanted to get out of He Quan and Duan Hanxiang."
"In order to create chaos, three deceased generals were deliberately manipulated here to stain the west gate with blood."
Di Renjie squatted on the ground, looking for clues from the people and soldiers, and heard Bao Zheng's voice from time to time.
Bao Zheng was sure that the eight ancient tribes were responsible for this incident. In fact, Di Renjie could understand his mood. Jingzhao Mansion suffered heavy losses twice in succession. The first time the mansion was reduced to ruins and more than a hundred people died. Tonight, Jingzhao Mansion was massacred with blood. None of the soldiers responsible for guarding survived.
Di Renjie knew that after tonight, no one would be willing to go to Jingzhao Mansion to work as a errand. Working in other places would only be tiring, but Jingzhao Mansion was not only tiring, but also life-threatening.
"Master Bao, this case can be basically confirmed to be the three of them, who killed the people and the soldiers guarding the city. However, it is still unclear who controlled them, and the murder weapon for their murder has not been found."
"Isn't it because of the Spiritual Clan's ability to control spirits? Only the Spiritual Clan would do such a crazy thing."
It was not that Di Renjie had no doubts about the Spirit Clan, but as to why the murder weapon was taken away, Di Renjie had another guess after examining the wound.
"General Laosun, please send people to transport all the corpses back to the Jinyiwei command post."
"Don't worry, Mr. Di!"
Sun Ce waved to the soldiers behind him to come forward, load all the corpses into the carriage, and send them to the Jinyiwei command post. At this time, Di Renjie and Bao Zheng had already left the west city gate, and they were walking together, seemingly discussing something.
Less than a thousand meters ahead, Duan Tianya arrived and informed Di Renjie that tonight Emperor Chu had closed the net and purged the eight ancient clan forces in the city.
"I expected it!"
From the moment Sun Ce showed up at Ximen in person to take over the city's defense, Di Renjie guessed that Emperor Chu was going to take action in the city. Based on his understanding of Emperor Chu, he always acted vigorously and resolutely without any delay.
Kill as you say, cleanly and neatly.
"Master Bao, it's time to meet Duan Hanxiang."
Jingzhao Mansion was bloodbathed and He Quan died unexpectedly, but Duan Hanxiang did not die. Instead, she was rescued by Di Renjie who was rushing away and was sent to Zhang Zhongjing's Mansion. Li Yuanfang stayed behind to guard her to ensure that her life was safe.
After this attack, Di Renjie believed that Duan Hanxiang could be of use to her and give her some other clues.
The words fell.
Di Renjie, Bao Zheng and Duan Tianya walked towards Zhang Mansion and quickly disappeared on the dark street corner.
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The next day.
After the morning court, Bao Zheng and Di Renjie were stayed by Emperor Chu, and the three of them walked in the palace corridor.
"Di Qing, Bao Qing, is there any progress in the case of the bloody massacre of Jingzhao Mansion and Chengxi last night?"
"Your Majesty, the people who massacred the Jingzhao Mansion were the masters of the Eight Clans hiding in the city. However, I don't think the person who caused the massacre outside the West City was from the Eight Clans."
Di Renjie bowed and saluted with a firm voice. Emperor Chu was a little curious as to why the two cases were not committed by the same force.
"Well, Di Qing, tell me what you gained!"
"Your Majesty, if the Ximen Massacre was committed by the Eight Ancient Clan, with their arrogant and domineering character, they would not take the murder weapon away. Isn't this unnecessary?"
"Weichen checked the bodies of the common people and soldiers and found that they were all beheaded with one knife. Judging from the blade, the murder weapon should belong to the war knife of the Great Khan Empire."
"The Great Khan's Imperial War Sword?"
Emperor Chu knew that the cavalry of the Great Khan Empire were good at using sabers. They had broad backs and thin blades, and the blades were relatively heavy. This would help increase the power of cutting and increase the lethality.
Why do you have to take away the murder weapon after killing someone? Is it because you can hide something?
"Di Qing, are you suspecting that the Great Khan Empire is using Wu Chu to make enemies with the eight ancient tribes and take the opportunity to create chaos?"
"Your Majesty, the murder weapon can definitely be the Great Khan's sword, but whether the tragedy has anything to do with the Great Khan's empire needs to be investigated again."
"However, Wei Chen got a piece of valuable information from Duan Hanxiang."
"Duan Hanxiang is not dead?"
Facing Chu Emperor's inquiry, Di Renjie informed Duan Hanxiang about rescuing Duan Hanxiang, and also mentioned the secret that Duan Hanxiang told him. The Xuantian Territory where the eight ancient tribes were located was attacked by powerful enemies, and they needed legions to suppress them, so they set their sights on the War Continent.
The purpose of plundering the people and heading to the Xuantian Territory was to create more bloodline warriors and make them victims of war.
"I see!"
Now Emperor Chu can be sure that the eight ancient tribes must have been assigned by others, and all the resources they need are just to grow.
However, if you want to get any resources from Emperor Chu, you will have to pull your teeth out of the tiger's mouth. If you don't want to die, it is best not to come. (To be continued)