Volume 4: Holy Capital Tribulation Chapter 233: The Heavenly Tribulation Still Exists
The prison is deep and dark.
Xu Zun didn't expect that the fake Qiu Yongnian was actually imprisoned in the basement of the Inner Guard Palace. Who could have thought that there would be a sky prison inside the Inner Guard Palace?
It is conceivable that the prisoners imprisoned in this place are naturally extraordinary.
However, to this day, the Internal Security Bureau has not yet discovered the real name of the fake Qiu Yongnian.
Squeak...
As the heavy iron door was opened by the guards, Cai Kun led Xu Zun into a dark cell.
Since this is an important internal security area, it must be led by Cai Kun himself to enter.
To cover up the bad smell, incense was burned in the cells.
In the dim firelight, the fake Qiu Yongnian with disheveled hair was chained to a wooden stake. As he was missing an arm, one of the chains was directly around his neck.
Tsk tsk…
Xu Zun was almost unrecognizable. He looked haggard and covered with scars. He had lost his former high-spirited look and even looked like a non-human.
"County Magistrate Qiu," Xu Zun approached and called softly, "I haven't seen you for a long time. Do you still recognize me ?"
Hearing Xu Zun's question, the fake Qiu Yongnian shook his head and opened his eyes.
One of his eyes was gone, and it looked like a colorful kaleidoscope.
Unexpectedly, after recognizing Xu Zun, he shook his head and hummed something.
"Look, this is what he is like!" Cai Kun complained helplessly.
Previously, Cai Kun had introduced the situation of the fake Qiu Yongnian to Xu Zun. This person was sometimes lucid and sometimes confused.
When he is awake, he clenched his teeth and said nothing; when he is confused, he babbled nonsense, so torture would be useless.
As time went by, his time of clarity became less and less.
Sure enough, Xu Zun tried to reminisce and talk with Jia Qiu Yongnian again, but he just kept shaking his head, his eyes were dull like a fool, and he was muttering to himself.
"Ahem..." Xu Zun cleared his throat and tried to drink, "God of Heaven will destroy all enemies, and all gods will return to their origin. Go and slash the nine gates..."
He deliberately left a message to see if the fake Qiu Yongnian would answer it.
“Hehehehe…” The fake Qiu Yongnian suddenly laughed, “So you are also from Xuanmen!”
"Why?"
Cai Kun was stunned.
Before this, they had tried using the Xuanmen formula countless times, but he didn't react at all.
When I saw Xu Zun today, I suddenly had a reaction.
Xu Zun was also very surprised and asked quickly: "Why, do you know someone from Xuanmen?"
“Hmph…Hmph…”
The fake Qiu Yongnian's cheeks trembled, and there seemed to be some fear, or some disdain in his eyes, but... he trembled for a long time but did not answer Xu Zun's question.
"The Heavenly Tribulation Plan is about to begin," Xu Zun tried to ask again, "How is it? Are you excited?"
As a result, the fake Qiu Yongnian had no reaction.
"I'll tell you..." Xu Zun approached the fake Qiu Yongnian and said , "I already know what's in the iron coffin! Do you want to know?"
After asking, the fake Qiu Yongnian grinned and sang a ballad: "The demon dragon came out to sea, creating wind and waves, the wind and waves are more than three thousand feet high, Zikakuba Aleta, Anu Anu Guriwa..."
"This..." Xu Zun was puzzled.
"This is a ballad from the Japanese tribe in the East China Sea," Cai Kun explained in a low voice, "We suspect this person is the Japanese assassin."
"You sang really well," Xu Zun coldly asked the fake Qiu Yongnian the fourth question, "Let me ask you, in the assassination in the palace fifteen years ago, how did those Japanese assassins enter the palace?"
"ah!!?"
As a result, the fake Qiu Yongnian did not react, but Cai Kun suddenly exclaimed in surprise.
“Hehehehe…” The fake Qiu Yongnian continued to sing with a silly smile, “The son of ten thousand demons came out of the East, unwilling to be the demon dragon and become the king of the sea, crying for his lalitadieta, mini Gosanta begging…”
Wow...
Xu Zun seemed to hear something, and felt it was a bit like the language of a certain country in his previous life.
"Xu Zun, you..." Cai Kun wanted to ask.
However, Xu Zun gestured, indicating that he should leave first.
"What?" Cai Kun was even more confused, "Are you leaving now?"
After leaving the cell, Xu Zun said to Cai Kun, "It's futile to ask further. First, he has only met people from Xuanmen. Second, he is not a member of Xuanmen, so he is useless to us in this investigation."
"No, no, no..." Cai Kun waved his hand and said, "That's not what I'm asking. I'm asking, why are you asking about the Japanese assassin from fifteen years ago? Why are you asking this?"
"Okay," Xu Zun asked, "Master Cai, tell me, how did the Japanese assassins enter the palace back then?"
"At that time, many nations were coming to pay tribute. Those assassins infiltrated the Izumo delegation and killed the envoys. That's how they got the chance to assassinate!"
"Really?" Xu Zun said, "More than a dozen assassins sneaked into the diplomatic corps? Is that so easy?"
“Yes,” Cai Kun replied, “I was the commander of the inner guards at the time, and I saw with my own eyes that all the envoys were killed in the inn where they were staying.
"It's obvious that they killed the envoy and then disguised themselves as the Izumo envoy to sneak into the palace."
"What about the weapons?"
"Weapons are all soft swords that can be hidden at the waist! Xu Zun," Cai Kun grabbed Xu Zun's arm and asked with a frown, "Are you a little off topic? Do you think that our inner guards are all fools?"
"I don't know anything else," Xu Zun said, "but the assassination case fifteen years ago looks more like a calamity. As long as there is a doubt, I have to find out the truth."
"You..." Cai Kun was speechless for a few seconds, then said angrily, "Well, in that case, I'll have someone give you the fifteen-year file when I get back!
"You are absolutely wasting your time, wasting your precious time!"
…
Late that night, even though Xu Zun was lying on Ku Niang's lap, he still tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.
"My dear mother," Xu Zun buried his head in her arms as usual and said, "I am really confused this time!
"I finally understood something. Since the entire Xuan Royal Court has been mobilized and tried their best, but still hasn't found those Xuanmen rebels, then why can I find them?
“I’m beginning to suspect that Xuanmen’s Heavenly Tribulation Plan may have been shelved!
“According to the laws of development of things, their plan should be to first use large-scale assassinations to cause chaos, and then take advantage of the chaos to carry out the heavenly calamity.
“But right now…it doesn’t seem to have achieved the effect they were hoping for.
"But if you think like this, it still means that the heavenly tribulation is still there!" Xu Zun said worriedly, "Especially, those female assassins disappeared mysteriously, I feel there must be something fishy going on here.
"Tsk tsk..." Xu Zun buried his head in Ku Niang's arms and rubbed it, sighing, "I am so lucky, as if I were blessed, why can't I handle a little trouble?
“But… to say that I have absolutely no idea is not absolute.
"Through the current investigation, I discovered something that has been overlooked by others," Xu Zun finally caught the trace of fatigue and said tiredly, "Are these 17 victims all clean?
"I suspect that some of them are from Xuanmen. Their murders may have been done to silence them, but were covered up by other assassinations...
“Hoo…Hoo…”
After saying this, Xu Zun finally fell asleep peacefully...
