Volume 4: Holy Capital Tribulation Chapter 232: Catching beauties all over the city
"Yes, this is the working process of the Imperial Medical Office," Tie Jing introduced to Xu Zun in the study of the Internal Guard Office, "Because the imperial physicians can enter the harem and need to use medicine, the supervision of the imperial physicians is also very strict.
"The eunuchs and Jinwu Guards will monitor the entire process. Any medicine brought into the palace will be supervised, and there will be luxury officials to test the medicine, so..." Tie Jing pointed to the location of the Imperial Medical Office on the map, "There will be no problem with this place!"
At this moment, in addition to Xu Zun and Tie Jing, Chen Taiji, Dongfang Yaorao, Cai Kun, Zhao Yu and others were all present.
Everyone seemed extremely anxious because almost half of the seven-day deadline had passed and there had been no progress on Xu Zun's side.
"Special Envoy Xu..." Dongfang Yaorao couldn't help asking, "Do you think those Xuanmen rebels are going to harm the Queen Mother? You have been asking about the Imperial Physician's Office. Do you suspect they are going to poison you?"
Xu Zun frowned and did not answer Dongfang Yaorao's question. Instead, he said after a moment's silence:
"Dongfang Shenchuang, I am assuming that if I were a rebel of the Xuanmen Sect and I wanted to launch a heavenly calamity, what method would I use ?"
“This…” Dongfang Yaorao shook her head, “Your assumption requires a premise, you must understand Xuanmen.
"Perhaps... Operation Tianjie was an assassination operation, but it did not achieve the effect they wanted."
"No!" Xu Zun recited the Xuanmen formula with a solemn expression, "The upper Xuan will destroy the dissidents, and all gods will return to their origin. Cut off the nine gates above, and destroy the flatterers below. Xuan with the Tao is infinitely mysterious; Xuan without the Tao will surely suffer a heavenly calamity!
"This large-scale assassination operation is at best akin to 'slaying the nine gates above and destroying the villains below', but the heavenly tribulation is their real purpose!"
"The Heavenly Tribulation is the highest calamity of the Xuan Sect. If I want to initiate a Heavenly Tribulation , then I must eliminate the supreme ruler of the Great Xuan Sect before it can be called a Heavenly Tribulation!"
"Ah!? This..." Everyone was surprised. Chen Taiji asked, "Do you think they will attack the Queen Mother?"
"There will be no problem with the Imperial Medical Office," Cai Kun said, "especially Imperial Doctor Xu. He has superb medical skills and is a humble person. Our Internal Guards have already thoroughly investigated him."
"Dongfang Shenfei," Xu Zun turned to Dongfang Yaorao and asked, "You know the situation in Xuanmiao City. If all the Xuanmen assassins who escaped are hiding, where are they most likely to hide?"
"You..." Dongfang Yaorao frowned, "Your question seems to be problematic."
"Impossible!" Cai Kun gave an affirmative answer, "After the assassination, the entire Xuanmiao City has been thoroughly investigated several times, and any unidentified persons have been taken to the Songzhou government office for thorough investigation.
"No matter if it was a store or a home, a Taoist temple, or an abandoned house or warehouse, from the nobles to the common people, no place was left out, no one was left out!
"Let me tell you this," Cai Kun said, "Including the Imperial Palace, and important departments such as the Internal Guard, a strict investigation has been carried out.
"If those assassins hadn't left the city, they would have nowhere to hide!"
"Isn't this a bit arbitrary..." Xu Zun asked? What if they are hiding in a secret room?"
"Don't say that, it is indeed possible!" Cai Kun said, "But... they have to come out, right? Xuanmiao City is under curfew now, and we have to conduct strict inspections during the day. We have already transmitted the assassin's images to all checkpoints. As long as they show up, they will never be able to escape."
"Yeah..." Tie Jing muttered in the back, "I heard that because the assassins are all young and beautiful women, all the music schools and brothels in the Holy City have been closed down for rectification!
"Some people even gave it a nickname, calling it the city's beauty hunter..."
Under normal circumstances, Tie Jing's words would have caused laughter.
But the atmosphere now is depressing, who can laugh?
"Hahaha... what a great city-wide beauty hunt!" At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the door, "What a great name!"
Everyone turned around and saw that the person who came in was the Chief of the Internal Guards, Lin Chaofeng.
"Manager Lin!"
Everyone quickly bent their heads and bowed, and Tie Jingze suddenly felt embarrassed and regretful.
"All of you present are the smartest people in Xuanmiao City," Lin Chaofeng said to everyone, "Didn't you understand what Envoy Xu meant?"
After Lin Chaofeng said this, everyone looked at Xu Zun.
Unexpectedly, even Xu Zun himself was slightly stunned.
"We searched the entire Xuanmiao City, but we didn't catch the real Xuanmen assassin," Lin Chaofeng said, "Since we didn't find him, there are only three possibilities.
“One possibility is that the Xuanmen assassin has already escaped from Xuanmiao City;
“The second type is that they hide in a safe place and are hard to find;
"The third possibility is that they all have legal identities or are legally protected!
"Now..." He glanced at everyone and said, "The first possibility has been ruled out! Because we have searched the surrounding counties and found no trace of any assassin.
"And the second and third possibilities I mentioned could also be the same situation," Lin Chaofeng said, "that is, there is a traitor in Xuanmiao City, and the level of this traitor is not low!"
After Lin Chaofeng said this, sweat broke out on everyone's forehead.
"You...don't think that Special Envoy Xu is paranoid!" Lin Chaofeng said with a folded hand, "There is nothing more important in this world than the safety of the Holy Empress Dowager!"
"Yes!" everyone agreed.
"Cai Kun," Lin Chaofeng ordered, "Count the number of people in Xuanmiao City who are capable of protecting those assassins! Investigate them all thoroughly. No matter how powerful they are, we must treat them all equally!"
While speaking, Lin Chaofeng winked at Cai Kun.
Cai Kun immediately understood what he meant and nodded in agreement.
"To be fair," Lin Chaofeng added, "you should start by searching my house!"
“This…” Cai Kun nodded repeatedly, “Yes!”
Tsk tsk…
Xu Zun smacked his lips secretly. If Lin Chaofeng hadn't added one more sentence, Xu Zun would have really thought that he was looking for an undercover agent from Xuanmen!
But now it seems that this investigation of his is inevitably involved in politics.
It is very likely that Lin Chaofeng is looking for evidence on the princes and ministers under the pretext of investigating a case. As long as he has the evidence, he can run rampant in the court without any worries.
Damn it, what an old fox...
Xu Zun cursed in his heart, that was not what he meant at all.
Lin Chaofeng's move was really too bad. He treated himself as a gun! And it was a machine gun!!!
If the search becomes a mess, won't those princes and nobles become enemies with me?
In fact, everyone knows that even if there is a traitor among the princes and ministers, why would they hide the assassin in their own mansions?
The reason why Xu Zun asked so many questions according to the map was obviously because he was wondering what methods the Xuanmen assassins could use to contact the Queen Mother?
Unfortunately, judging from the current situation, this seems to be an impossible task!
The palace was guarded so tightly that it was beyond his imagination.
If we can't get close, then we can only see an abnormal natural disaster like what is shown in movies and TV dramas!
But... natural disasters are totally uncontrollable. There is a reason why Xuanmiao City has been set as the capital of every dynasty.
There are no natural disasters or man-made disasters, so what can the Xuanmen use to bring about natural calamities?
At this time, Lin Chaofeng finished his instructions and left the study room with a sense of satisfaction.
well!
Xu Zun sighed, and since he was under someone else's roof, he had no choice but to bow his head.
If we want to solve the case now, we must not offend the chief steward of the inner guards. We can only let him do what he wants for now.
"Xu Zun," Cai Kun said to Xu Zun, "I'm going to the front hall to arrange the operation. If you have anything, just send someone to notify me."
"Master Cai," Xu Zun suddenly called Cai Kun and said, "I have something to talk to you about."
"Ah? What's the matter?" Cai Kun asked hurriedly.
"I want..." Xu Zun said seriously, "I want to meet that fake Qiu Yongnian..."
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