Chapter 370: The Return of the Wolf Son, The Universe Map
At the same time, in the inn, Donggong Baguio, who was sitting at the table, held his chin, looking out the window at the crowded street and frowning slightly.
"You brat! Why are you taking so long to buy clothes?" Donggong Baguio muttered displeasedly.
"Miss, that guy Lin Shuhang must have used his money to gamble!" Ahua said with a pout.
Donggong Baguio blinked and asked curiously: "Gambling? Does that brat know how to gamble? Why didn't I know?"
Ah Hua stood up and poured a cup of tea for Dong Gong Biyao, and said disdainfully: "Don't all men like to eat, drink, whore and gamble? It's strange that he doesn't feel itchy after giving him so much money."
Donggong Baguio frowned and said angrily: "You brat, you're not really going to gamble, are you?"
Ahua pouted and said, "That's not possible. It's been so long and I still haven't come back."
"You brat, come back and see if I won't deal with you!" Donggong Baguio said angrily.
"Madam, Madam! It's not good!" Just as he was saying this, the shouts of the two grooms suddenly came from outside the door.
When Dong Gong Baguio turned around, the two sons had already ran into the house in a panic, holding an anxious-looking Xiaoman in their arms.
"What's wrong? What happened to make you so panicked?" Donggong Baguio asked with a frown, and suddenly saw Xiaoman in Erzi's arms.
Donggong Baguio was slightly stunned and asked in confusion: "Second son, what happened to Xiaoman? Why does he look so weak? Where is Lin Shuhang?"
The second son said: "This little guy was injured. He just came back on his own. Mr. Fang may have had an accident!"
"What did you say? Something happened to Lin Shuhang?" Donggong Baguio and Ahua exclaimed at the same time.
Erzi nodded and said: "Just now, there were people talking on the street that a few Jinyi guards had kidnapped a young man on the street. It must be Mr. Fang!"
"Jinyiwei?" Donggong Baguio frowned.
Ahua on the side shouted: "It must have been done by the security guards!"
The Jiwei mentioned by Ahua are the Jinyiwei wearing red python robes. The Jinyiwei in the Northern Snow Dynasty are divided into black-clothed criminal guards, white-clothed detectives, red-clothed detectives, and gold-clad guards depending on their different costumes and functions. Among them,
The Jiwei in red python robes were given the power of arrest by the imperial court. Their power was so broad that they could arrest officials and common people. As long as they were unfavorable to the imperial court, they could arrest anyone without approval from the Ministry of Punishment.
When she heard that Lin Shuhang was captured by the Jinyi Guards, Ahua's first thought was the 'Red Python Guards', because among the four types of Jinyi Guards, only the Red Python Guards had the responsibility of arresting him.
Baguio of the East Palace said: "We are not sure yet whether the Jiwei captured Lin Shuhang, because the Jiwei are not the only ones who are against our detectives in the palace."
"It's strange. Why did the Jin Yiwei arrest Lin Shuhang for no reason?" Dong Gong Baguio frowned and walked around the room with an indescribably solemn expression.
After much deliberation, she couldn't think of a reason, so Donggong Baguio turned to Ahua and Erzi and said, "Let's go! Let's go to Prince Xiang's Mansion quickly!"
The group of people hurriedly left the inn, got on the carriage and ran straight to the imperial city.
Anqing, the capital of the country, is divided into three cities, namely the outer city, the imperial city and the palace city. The outer city surrounds the imperial city and the palace city, and is mainly inhabited by ordinary people. It is an important support and guarantee for the imperial city and the palace city.
As you walk inside, you enter the Imperial City. The Imperial City surrounds the palace city and is mainly home to dignitaries, princes and generals. It is the backing barrier of the palace city. The palace city is where the king of a country handles political affairs and lives.
"Prince Xiang's Mansion" is the prince's residence of the eighth prince of Bei Xue Baili, Bei Xue Baili. Since he is not a prince, Prince Xiang's Mansion is not in the palace city, but in the imperial city outside the palace city. [In Bei Ze Snow
In this domain, adult princes are generally granted the title of king or marquis, so except for the prince who lives in the palace, all other princes live outside.】
After a stick of incense, in the Prime Minister's Palace, I heard that the 'Reconnaissance Commander' had returned from outside. The Eighth Prince Bei Xue Baili finally breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly put down the book in his hand and ran out of the study wearing his robe.
Reconnaissance guards, the imperial guards responsible for collecting secret reports inside and outside the palace]
The eighth prince was about twenty-three or four years old, and he was very handsome, but because of his cold and arrogant temperament, he never had a smile on his face.
As soon as they met, the Eighth Prince Beixue Baili asked excitedly: "Governor of the East Palace, you have worked hard all the way, how are things going?"
Donggong Baguio nodded: "Everything is done, but something unexpected happened just now."
The eighth prince Beixue Baili was stunned and asked anxiously: "What accident happened?!"
Dong Gong Baguio said with an uneasy expression: "An hour ago, that young man was captured by the Jinyi Guards!"
"What? He was captured by the Jinyi Guards! Was it the Criminal Guards or the Jiwei Guards?" the Eighth Prince asked with a frown.
Donggong Baguio shook his head: "It's not clear yet."
The Eighth Prince frowned and asked uneasily: "What about the Universe Map?"
Baguio of the East Palace said: "Your Highness, don't worry, Baguio has obtained all the pictures of the universe. It will take a little time to decipher the secrets of the universe."
The Eighth Prince Beixue Baili said happily: "That's great! As long as the map of the universe is not lost."
Seeing the happy look of the eighth prince, Donggong Baguio said with some displeasure: "Your Highness is happy too early."
Hearing this, the Eighth Prince was stunned, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What do you mean by the Governor's words?"
Donggong Baguio asked: "Does Your Highness still remember Baguio's metaphor of the diagram of the universe?"
The Eighth Prince nodded: "Remember, the Governor once said that the secret of the universe is a treasure box, and the key to opening the treasure box is the map of the universe."
Donggong Baguio said: "Yes, if the mystery of the universe is compared to a treasure box, then the diagram of the universe is the key to opening this treasure box."
Donggong Baguio suddenly changed the topic and said seriously: "However, Baguio has told His Highness before that the key to the Universe Map is not something everyone can use."
The Eighth Prince was stunned and said: "What the Governor means is..."
"Special treasures require special people to use special methods and special keys to open them, and that special person is the young man who was captured by Jin Yiwei."
The Eighth Prince stopped talking and his brows furrowed more and more tightly.
Donggong Baguio continued: "Baguio's master once told Baguio that if you want to unravel the secret of the universe, you must wait until the right time, the right place, and the human beings come together. Now that the time has not come, the right place is unknown, and the human beings are not there, even if
Even though we have the map of the universe, we cannot solve the mystery of the universe. So we must rescue that boy, because he is the most important pawn in our plan! Without him, we will accomplish nothing!"
The face of the Eighth Prince Bei Xue Baili became increasingly gloomy, and the words of the Governor of the East Palace made him not only worried.
"Captain of the East Palace, let's go, we need someone to go!" the Eighth Prince said, putting on his clothes and hurried out of the palace.
I have to say that the Eighth Prince usually behaves in a low-key and reserved manner, but at critical moments he is still quite impressive.
In order to put pressure on the Criminal Guards and the Editorial Guards, the Eighth Prince made an exception this time and brought the most mysterious and special Detective Guards Battalion among the Jinyi Guards, with a total of five hundred people.
In fact, these five hundred scouts are only one-tenth of the total number of Beixue scouts. It is just because other scouts are now scattered everywhere to perform intelligence tasks, and also because the Eighth Prince does not want to make too much noise and alarm his father, so this time
The eighth prince only brought one reconnaissance battalion.
Don't underestimate this 500-person reconnaissance battalion. To be honest, the scale of these 500 people has alarmed all the princes in the imperial city, because everyone who knows about it knows that this 500-person reconnaissance battalion
It is by no means weaker than a regular army of 5,000 men! You must know that the hardship and cruelty of a scout guard from the initial selection to becoming a qualified scout guard is beyond the imagination of anyone!
Because the Scout Guards are the most special type of Guards among all the Guards, the tasks they perform are also the most dangerous and difficult tasks. This makes the selection of Scout Guards difficult.
As the most mysterious and special type of Jin Yiwei among the Four Guards, the selection and training of the Scout Guards are extremely cruel. They must practice martial arts and learn various fighting skills!
Under normal circumstances, a scout must undergo five to ten years of training and study in the early stage, and then the fittest will survive. The inferior ones will be sent home, and the superior ones will be sent to the battlefields of various countries by the Beixue military under the pretext of "supporting allies" to experience bloody battles.
Only the surviving scouts can return to the country to officially perform their mission. This ratio is one thousand to one, which means that only one out of a thousand people can become a scout. It can be said that every qualified scout can
He is an all-around martial artist. Now that five hundred scouts and guards are gathered together, how can such a movement not alarm the princes?
So when the eighth prince led the reconnaissance battalion to the residence of the "Jingxi Marquis" with a gloomy look, the fifth prince and the seventh prince who left the mansion after hearing the news were not only stunned, but their expressions immediately changed.
Looking at the dense white-clothed detective guards outside the mansion, the fifth prince suddenly frowned and said angrily: "Eighth brother! What do you mean? Why did you bring the detective guards to my residence?"
The eighth prince said with a gloomy face: "Fifth brother, seventh brother, eighth brother heard someone say that some Jinyi guards arrested eighth brother's people on the street. Eighth brother was very angry, so he came to you to ask questions. I hope eldest brother will let him go."
That young man is very important to my eighth brother."
The second prince said angrily: "Bring the detective guards to my residence for questioning? Do you still have me as your second brother in your eyes? Besides, how can you believe that our criminal guards arrested the person without any evidence?"
The eighth prince sneered: "Oh, fifth brother, are you bringing evidence to me in front of eighth brother? Don't you realize that this is ridiculous? Fifth brother, have you forgotten what my investigation department does?"
Of course, the fifth prince understands what the Investigation Department does. To say that no organization in the world knows more about this secret than the Investigation Department, presenting evidence to the detectives who are good at collecting intelligence is as ridiculous as raising a beard in front of Guan Gong. Thinking of this,
The fifth prince was stunned, and there was a hint of panic in his eyes.
"Damn it, why did you forget that the Detective Department is good at collecting intelligence?" Thinking that there might be a lurking detective in his house, the fifth prince's face suddenly changed color.
"Oh, what a grand scene?" When I was at a loss, a burst of laughter suddenly came from the distance.
Everyone looked back in surprise and saw a middle-aged man strolling over holding a folding fan.
This middle-aged man, who looks about thirty years old, has a Chinese-character face, a mustache, and a suit of luxurious clothes that show his grace. He is actually the famous second prince Beixue Kangqing!
"Second brother!" the fifth prince and the seventh prince said happily.
The second prince, Beixue Kangqing, nodded expressionlessly to the two of them, and then came to the eighth prince and others while shaking his folding fan.
The second prince Beixue Kangqing smiled at the eighth prince Beixue Baili and said: "Eighth brother, why are you so elegant now? You actually brought a detective guard to the fifth brother's house to visit? You must know that the people in your investigation department have always been
It’s a divine dragon that sees its head but not its tail, it’s so mysterious!”
The eighth prince Beixue Baili twitched his lips and responded: "Haha, in terms of Yaxing, none of our brothers can compare to you, the second brother. In order to meet the fifth brother and the seventh brother, you came all the way from southern Xinjiang.
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Beixue Kangqing smiled and said: "Haha, my eighth brother is really good at joking. What's so interesting about the two of them? I heard that my father is not in good health today. As the second brother of the prince, how can I not come to visit him?"
"Yes!" Beixue Baili glanced at the other party meaningfully and said with a smile: "My father's health has been deteriorating recently, which is really worrying! The second brother is really filial, and he is still thinking about his father when he is in southern Xinjiang.
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Hearing this, the atmosphere suddenly became tense. Lao Wu and Lao Qi looked a little uneasy, but Beixue Kangqing, on the other hand, remained calm and calm.
Beixue Kangqing gently shook the paper fan and squinted his eyes and smiled: "Yeah, what's the matter? We are both the sons of our father. Don't you, eighth brother, want me to come to Beijing to visit my father?"
Beixue Baili snorted softly and said to himself, "The devil wants you to come to Beijing! Who doesn't know that you, Beixue Kangqing, are a rebellious son in the eyes of the father? When the father was strong, he was afraid that you would seize his power in the future, so he transferred you."
I went to the miserable land of southern Xinjiang to isolate you, and now I came to Beijing when my father was in poor health. Isn’t it obvious that I didn’t have any good intentions? Hmph, what a wolfish ambition!
Although he was angry in his heart, Bei Xue Baili, who knew the opponent's strength well, did not dare to reveal the opponent's mask in public, so he sneered with a hint of truth in his words: "Of course the eighth brother hopes that the second brother will come to Beijing to visit my father. To be honest, I haven't seen him for several years."
The eighth brother also misses the second brother very much. How about the second brother? How is your life in southern Xinjiang?"
Beixue Kangqing cursed in his heart, what a fart! Southern Xinjiang is a miserable land, desolate and desolate. There are no livestock for ten miles and no one for hundreds of miles. After several years of hoarding food and troops, the number of troops is not as much as that of a general! Just thinking about it makes me angry!
The more Beixue Kangqing thought about it, the angrier he became, so much so that he secretly clenched his fists tightly, and his eyes that hid countless conspiracies began to turn red.
Seeing the frustrated look of his second brother Beixue Kangqing, the eighth prince Beixue Baili smiled and said: "Haha, second brother, to be honest, Southern Xinjiang is a miserable place! Father knows your abilities well, so back then
I just transferred you to Southern Xinjiang. I haven’t seen you for several years. I think your southern Xinjiang fiefdom has already become very strong and prosperous, right?”
Beixue Kangqing snorted coldly: "Is the eighth brother making fun of me, the second brother?"
"I don't dare. Why is the eighth brother making fun of the second brother? It's because the second brother is overly concerned."
Beixue Kangqing snorted and stopped talking.
Beixue Baili turned to the fifth and seventh princes and said, "Fifth brother, seventh brother, it's getting late. Can you call out your scouts and let eighth brother ask them?"
"Eighth brother, what do you mean? Do you think I sent someone to arrest your men?" the fifth prince Beixue Jingxi shouted.
Beixue Baili smiled: "Fifth brother, don't be so excited. I just think someone under your command was confused for a moment."
Beixue Jingxi said angrily: "Hmph, then you have to provide evidence, otherwise you will frame our punishment department!"
Bei Xue Kangqing, who was on the side, smiled and said: "Yes, eighth brother, you have to know that fifth brother is a face-saving person. As an elder brother, second brother, I don't want to watch the criminal guards put you in jail and suffer.
You must know that there are basically no good people among those criminal guards."
Seeing Dong Gong Baguio secretly winking at him, the eighth prince twitched his lips and said with a smile: "Second brother, seeing that fifth brother said so definitely, eighth brother must have misunderstood him."
The fifth prince Beixue Jingxi snorted coldly: "Of course!"
"Haha, since that's the case, eighth brother won't disturb the brothers' narrative. Let's go back to the house." Beixue Baili smiled, turned around and walked back with the five hundred detective guards.
"Hmph! If you dare to come to my Jingxi Marquis Mansion to cause trouble, sooner or later you will be in a state of chaos in the Prince's Mansion!" Watching the five hundred detective guards follow the eighth prince away, the fifth prince Beixue Jingxi gritted his teeth and said fiercely.
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Then the fifth prince turned to Beixue Kangqing and said: "Second brother, why are you here alone? Where are the millions of troops in your southern border?"
The second prince Beixue Kangqing said expressionlessly: "Now is not the time to send troops."
Beixue Jingxi frowned and said, "Isn't it time to send troops yet? But my father is already critically ill!"
"Although my father is critically ill, the real power is still in his hands. If I rashly launch an army to rebel, I will definitely bring trouble to myself and make the other princes laugh. So we must not be impatient now."
Bei Xue Feiyun, the seventh prince on the side, nodded and said: "What the eldest brother said is absolutely true. Who doesn't know that the third and fourth sons are also watching covetously? If the second brother is the first to send troops, won't the third and fourth sons benefit? Hey
, Now that I think about it, my father is so confused that he actually made the boss, an imbecile, the prince. If I let you, second brother, become the prince, wouldn’t the world now belong to you, second brother?”
Beixue Kangqing glanced at Beixue Feiyun and said: "Seventh brother, you can't say that. It has been a rule since ancient times for the eldest prince to be the prince. In addition, don't you think that letting a fool become the prince is better than letting a smart one?
Is it much better to be a prince?"
The Seventh Prince was stunned for a moment, and then he understood: "Haha, yes, why didn't I consider this? Fortunately, the boss is a fool, otherwise I would not have given you, the second brother, the opportunity to stock up on food."
Beixue Kangqing nodded and turned to the fifth prince Beixue Jingxi and said: "Fifth brother, I heard that you captured Lao Ba's spy?"
The fifth prince Beixue Jingxi nodded: "Yes, second brother, the person was arrested this afternoon, but that person was not a secret agent, but a follower of the secret agent. He was a young man, and I have already imprisoned him in Heitian Prison.
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"That young man has a very tough mouth. No matter how we try to intimidate him, he just won't reveal the purpose of Lao Ba's spy sent to Zezhou."
Beixue Kangqing asked: "Not a detective? Where is the detective who returned to Beijing from Zezhou? Why not capture him together?"
The fifth prince smiled bitterly and said, "Second brother, you can't catch that detective."
Beixue Kangqing frowned and asked, "Can't catch me? Why?"
Seventh Prince Beixue Feiyun said: "Because that scout is not an ordinary scout, but the Commander of the Scouts of the Secret Service. Oh, she is the woman who was next to Lao Ba just now."
"Investigator of the Detective Guards? No wonder you criminal guards dare not arrest them. It seems that this time something is unusual!" Beixue Kangqing felt guilty. He pondered for a moment and suddenly said solemnly: "The young man must be allowed to speak out.
The purpose of the spies going to Zezhou is very important to us. We must know that as long as Lao Ba sends spies out, there will definitely be no good! What's more, the one sent this time is a governor!"
"Yes, I understand!" The fifth prince and the seventh prince nodded.
"Lao Ba is not an ordinary person. Even though we have been brothers for so many years, I still don't know him very well. His city is very deep! We must be careful! Let's go to Heitian Prison to force the young man to tell what he knows.
Everything!" Thinking of Lao Ba's meaningful smile, Beixue Kangqing always felt a little uneasy, so he took Lao Wu and Lao Qi and hurried towards Heitian Prison.