Volume 4: Holy Capital Tribulation Chapter 229 Ranking
The holy city of Xuanmiao.
It was past noon when Xu Zun came out from the residence of Xue Guihua, Duke of Liang, after investigating a case. He sat in the carriage, deep in thought.
The mansion of Duke Liang was much more luxurious and magnificent than that of Ying Rang and Cao Ding that he had seen before .
There are many houses and corridors in the palace. If there is no one to lead you, you may even get lost.
Xue Guihua was surrounded by many guards and followers, some of whom were very agile and had profound skills.
Because of this, after stabbing Xue Guihua to death, Xue Guihua's concubine did not escape. Instead, she was forced into a corner by the guards and committed suicide on the spot when she saw that she had no other choice.
Therefore, the assassin's body was also left in the mansion, and Xu Zun performed a simple autopsy on it.
After some investigation, Xu Zun also obtained some doubts that were different from before.
First, they did not find the mysterious mark at the assassination scene.
On the day of the incident, after lunch, Xue Guihua and his concubine went back to their bedroom to rest, which gave the concubine the opportunity to carry out the assassination.
Unfortunately, several of Xue Guihua's followers happened to pass by the door and noticed something was wrong, so they did not let the concubine escape.
Xu Zun and Ani searched the house for a long time but did not find any strange marks.
Secondly, the concubine committed suicide by slitting her throat with a dagger.
This may seem normal, but it actually contains important information.
According to Ani, the Xuanmen sect had prepared deadly poison for the assassins, and if they were exposed, they would have to swallow the poison and die to avoid being captured and leaking the secrets.
When Ani was captured, she had already taken out the pill, but it was unfortunately knocked away by the quick-eyed and quick-handed Huo Anu, who stopped her in time.
However, the concubine did not carry the poison and chose to commit suicide, which seems unreasonable...
"My Lord, my Lord..." At this time, Zhao Yu lifted the curtain and entered the carriage, reporting to Xu Zun, "The people from the Inner Guard House said that the Xuanmen information you want is with Zuoge Leader Bi Sheng.
"They said... there are rules at Bige Ling's place that no information can be taken out, so... if you want to see it, you have to go there in person..."
Um……
Xu Zun nodded slightly. This was one of the conditions he put forward to Lin Chaofeng.
Since he wanted to catch the Xuanmen rebels, he had to understand the ins and outs of Xuanmen. So Xu Zun wanted Lin Chaofeng to provide him with detailed information, including the origin of Xuanmen, the rebels captured in recent years, and the interrogation records, etc.
Lin Chaofeng naturally agreed, but she didn't expect that she would have to go to the house to check.
"Okay," Xu Zun nodded, "I understand. I'll go over after I finish checking these crime scenes."
"Sir..." Unexpectedly, Ah Xiu came in again, holding a pile of documents and said to Xu Zun, "Sir, these are the details of the assassination case compiled by the Internal Security. They are all there."
"good!"
Xu Zun wanted to get this information because he didn't want to waste time on the road, so he had to understand the situation as quickly as possible.
"Sir," Ah Xiuzai put down the documents and asked, "Whose house should we go to next? This place is closer to the home of Liu Jin, the Minister of the Dali Temple."
"Okay," Xu Zun agreed, "Then let's go to his house first."
"Yes!" Ashizai exited the carriage and went to inform the driver.
At this moment, two girls, Huo Anu and Ani, were sitting in the carriage. After last night's ordeal, the two girls were quite tired and were leaning back with their eyes closed to rest.
However, Zhao Yu was still in high spirits. After the carriage started moving, he whispered in Xu Zun's ear:
"Isn't the Supervisory Censor of the Dali Temple the position of Li Jinlou? A fifth-rank official, right?" He said, pinching his fingers. "The Shenlong Catcher of the Divine Detective Department is really powerful. To be honest, I heard about him when I was in the Zhao family.
"It is said that these Shenlong Detectives are all top experts of the Shenbu Division, who are specifically responsible for arresting those martial arts masters who are highly skilled in martial arts. That is why they often come to our Zhao family to buy information, hehe..."
Seeing Xu Zun was concentrating on checking the information, Zhao Yu smiled self-deprecatingly and sat down next to Xu Zun.
"Then..." Unexpectedly, Xu Zun looked at the information and asked, "Where is the special case investigator of the Internal Guard?"
"Hey, I was just about to say that!" Zhao Yu rolled up his sleeves and said, "This is the first time I've heard of this title. I also wanted to ask you what rank this is?"
"Anuche," unexpectedly, Huo Anu in the deep of the carriage suddenly said, "There are still six and a half days left in seven days. You don't care about the case, but you are thinking about your official position."
"Hey?" Xu Zun pressed the information and asked, "I just remembered, among these victims, who had the highest official position and who had the lowest official position?"
"This..." Zhao Yu and others naturally couldn't say it.
Xu Zun quickly looked through the information. The person with the highest official position was undoubtedly Xue Guihua, the Duke of Liang, whom he had just checked.
The Duke is a first-rank official in the Daxuan, and naturally has the highest rank.
As for who is the youngest...
Xu Zun checked for a while and found that the ranks of the Holy City Prison Warden, the Holy City Transport Commissioner, and the Censor were relatively low, all fifth-rank officials.
However, although these three official positions are slightly lower in rank, they are all truly lucrative jobs. Generally speaking, it is absolutely difficult for those without strong backing to hold these positions.
Wait...it seems...there's a smaller one.
Xu Zun flipped to the end of the file and read out a name: "Imperial Physician Xu Chi... Tsk tsk, what rank is this imperial physician?"
"Um……"
As a result, Zhao Yu and others stared at each other in amazement.
"There are many kinds of imperial doctors," Ani said, "They also have ranks, right?"
"Ah Xiuzi!" Xu Zun lifted the carriage curtain and asked loudly to the outside, "What rank is the imperial physician Xu Chi?"
"Fifth rank," Ah Xiuzi replied from outside, "Xu Chi is the director of the Imperial Hospital, fifth rank!"
The Chief Medical Officer of the Imperial Medical Bureau was the highest-ranking official in the bureau, which meant that Xu Chi was the chief of all the imperial physicians.
But even so, he still ranks behind the prison warden and three others, and is the youngest victim of this assassination!
Xu Chi...
Imperial Physician...
Xu Zun remembered what Lin Chaofeng had said before. Among all the victims, only Doctor Xu and the Queen Mother did not have a grudge against each other.
Not only did they not have any conflicts, but their relationship was very good and he was deeply trusted by the Queen Mother.
So... could there be some purpose behind Xuanmen's decision to assassinate him?
seem……
Among all the victims, only Doctor Xu was able to enter Wanfu Palace and have close contact with the Empress Dowager, right?
Tsk tsk…
The more Xu Zun thought about it, the more suspicious he felt, so he flipped through the information and wanted to take a look at the circumstances of Xu Chi's murder.
At this moment, the carriage suddenly stopped, and Liu Dong's voice came from outside:
"Sir, we're here!"
All right……
Xu Zun had no choice but to put down the information temporarily and get off the carriage.
But suddenly, I saw a high-walled courtyard in front of me, with two stone lions standing at the gate. The stone lions had lost their luster after experiencing so much wind and rain.
"Is this Liu Jin's home?" Xu Zun asked everyone.
"Yes, sir." Ashizai replied with a strange look on his face.
Xu Zun didn't notice it at first, but when he walked forward a few steps, he found that Hou Zhen and others were standing on both sides and were not in a hurry to open the door.
this……
Suddenly... a familiar memory came to his mind, and Xu Zun suddenly realized it. He pointed at the gate and said in surprise:
"This...isn't this my home?"
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