Fortunately, Xia Shang is good at dealing with injuries like this.
An hour later, it was already dawn.
Xia Shang gave Zhou Jianren the best treatment, but it still depends on his own destiny. How much he can recover and how quickly he can recover are unknown.
Afterwards, Chunjiao told everything.
But Chunjiao was not a witness. She only knew that there were strange noises and then an explosion.
Zhou Jianren was unconscious. It would be better if we could get some information from him.
However, the current situation is enough for Xia Shang to infer something.
Explosion is the key.
Judging from Chunjiao's description, such an explosion was definitely not caused by warriors using their true energy. Chunjiao also noticed the smell of gunpowder at the scene.
If it is gunpowder, where does the gunpowder come from?
There was definitely no gunpowder in that dilapidated house and yard, and it was even less likely that Zhou Jianren was carrying gunpowder.
The only explanation is that the gunpowder came from Mingxiang.
According to Chunjiao's recollection, there were mistakes in the search of Mingxiang.
Because Chunjiao was overconfident and believed that the person whose acupuncture points she tapped could not be a threat, she did not even take away the dagger on her body. Therefore, it was possible that Mingxiang had gunpowder hidden on her body.
Judging from Zhou Jianren's injuries, there were obvious marks of being stabbed by a dagger on his lower abdomen.
It was proven that a fight broke out during the interrogation and Mingxiang attacked.
This is strange. Why can you still attack when your acupuncture points are tapped?
With Chunjiao's strength, no warrior under the Grand Master could unlock her acupuncture points, and that Mingxiang didn't look like a powerful person at first glance.
Xia Shang thought for a long time, but could not come up with a reasonable explanation.
But all the evidence points to a fight.
Since Mingxiang can launch an attack, she must be able to activate the gunpowder on her body.
A woman can be so decisive. It seems that the old party of Chunfang Si has extremely strong control over her subordinates.
But, think about the whole thing.
From Sima Heng entering Baihua Tower, to everything Xia Shang and Chunjiao heard next door, to that Mingxiang appearing...
I would like to ask, under such circumstances, why do you need to prepare gunpowder on your body?
This is an unexplainable question. Even if you are a dead soldier, you should not carry gunpowder with you without any preparation. Aren't you afraid of being accidentally misfired and losing your life in vain?
There is only one way to explain this problem, and that is that Mingxiang knew that she would die before she appeared!
Xia Shang told Chunjiao his analysis. Chunjiao was shocked after hearing this: "Is this a trick by the other party? Mingxiang knew that she would be captured by us when she appeared, so she prepared explosives in advance to deal with the situation in front of her.
situation."
Xia Shang nodded heavily.
Chunjiao felt a chill on her back: "This is something bad! If all this is a trap, it is very likely that Sima Heng is one of theirs. If this is the case, that Sima Heng has already brought the letter from the adults.
If we go to the capital, will it also have an impact on the people in the capital?"
Xia Shang shook his head: "Don't worry about this. Sima Heng is not a jade-faced fox."
"Why?"
"Because the jade-faced fox didn't know my whereabouts. She always thought that Zhou Jianren was me, so she was so cruel to Zhou Jianren. But Sima Heng knew about it, but he didn't tell the jade-faced fox. This proves that Sima Heng
He didn’t lie to us.”
"So, Sima Heng was also used by the other party?"
"It's very possible. This jade-faced fox has been planning for a long time. He used Sima Heng to send Mingxiang to me, and wanted to blow me up with gunpowder. If it was really me at that time, maybe she really got it.
hand."
Chunjiao said in a deep voice: "It seems that this jade-faced fox is really cunning. As the third number of Chunfang Division, it is really not easy to control a force for so many years."
"Humph! Isn't it simple?" Xia Shang sneered, "This is a typical example of cleverness being misled by cleverness. If it hadn't been for this, we might have had to spend some time investigating the jade-faced fox, but now it's easy."
"Why do you say this, sir?"
"Because I already know who the jade-faced fox is."
"Um?"
"I was a little surprised before. From the conversation between that Lihua and Sima Heng, I could tell that some of the things Sima Heng knew about Chunfang Division came from Lihua. But Lihua always acted like she did not belong to Chunfang Division.
Such a weak posture. If she is really an ordinary girl, how could she know this? How could she tell Sima Heng? It is obvious that this jade-faced fox just wants to stay out of the situation and watch everything happen."
"My lord, what you mean is that the jade-faced fox is the pear blossom."
"90% sure."
"So what happens next?"
Xia Shang glanced at Chunjiao: "You are the head of the Chunfang Division, so it is natural that you personally take charge of cleaning up the family."
Chunjiao stood up and clasped her fists and said, "I understand."
After saying that, Chunjiao smiled confidently and left the inn alone.
Miao Caihe has always been a bystander. When he saw Chunjiao leaving alone, he was a little confused: "Sir, you want Chunjiao to go alone... The jade-faced fox is not that easy to deal with."
"Don't worry, in the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy or trick will be in vain."
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The weather seems to have cleared up after the rain, which seems to have made Baihualou's business much better, with customers arriving in an endless stream after noon.
It makes the sparsely populated Gulin Street a little more lively.
The floral decorations upstairs in Baihua Building are much brighter than before, and the girl soliciting customers at the door is still so enthusiastic about winning over everyone who passes by.
It's just that when a woman stands in front of the Baihua Tower, holding a sword in her hand, standing there coldly, no matter what, she gives people the feeling that she is not easy to mess with.
"Girl, this is a brothel..."
"What? Is it stipulated that only men can enter?"
"This...this is not..."
Chunjiao didn't say much, threw out a silver coin, pushed past the woman blocking the way and walked straight in.
Occasionally, girls who like to watch the fun and wonders enter the brothel, but she is the first one to enter in such a grand manner, and judging from the posture, the purpose of coming seems not that simple.
From the moment Chunjiao entered, there were many eyes in Baihua Building, staring at Chunjiao's every move, and many people were passing news to each other.
When they arrived at the lobby, Chunjiao stood downstairs and watched what was going on upstairs. Her cold aura made the madam dare not come up and ask any more questions.
Until a few shirtless thugs came over.
"I said, girl, we are in the business of women here, and we have never had a man come to her. If the girl needs it and is willing to give her money, our brothers can sacrifice their appearance. But if they are not here to have fun, then