Volume 4: Holy Capital Tribulation Chapter 235 Major Discovery
"What!?" Xu Zun was shocked and asked, "What did you say? Say it again!!"
"Report to the special envoy," the inner guard said in panic, "Tie Sicheng was killed! Dongfang Shenfei was seriously injured..."
"Impossible!" Zhao Yu shouted anxiously, "With so many guards, where did the assassin come from!?"
"Yes..." The inner guard replied hurriedly, "It might have been done by Cao Ding's butler! We haven't seen him since the incident!"
"Don't panic," Xu Zun suddenly calmed down and asked, "Tell me what happened. What were Tie Sicheng and Dongfang Shenpo doing at that time?"
"After the special envoy left..." the inner guard replied, "the rain was getting heavier, so Tie Sicheng and Dongfang Shenpo went to the hall to rest.
"Not long after, we heard a fight in the hall and white smoke...
"We rushed in and saw that Tie Sicheng had been assassinated by an assassin, and Dongfang Shenpo had internal injuries and was vomiting blood and unconscious..."
"White smoke!?" Huo Anu asked hurriedly, "Where does the white smoke come from?"
"I don't know," the guard replied, "The white smoke might make people unconscious. After we went in, we felt dizzy and weak. We covered our mouths and noses and that's when we were fine."
Xu Zun looked at the internal guard carefully, and found that this person was indeed one of the guards guarding Cao Ding's house at that time.
only……
Now all the information came from him alone, so Xu Zun naturally wouldn't believe it blindly, so he asked so many details.
Now judging from this person's answer, what he said should be true. Tie Jing is probably in great danger!
"How...how could this happen?" Chen Taiji was shocked and scared. "It doesn't make sense. Why...why did they kill them both?"
"This means..." Xu Zun's eyes suddenly lit up, and he gritted his teeth and said, "We checked the right direction! The problem lies with Cao Ding!!"
"Sir..." Zhao Yu said impatiently, "Then why are we still standing there? Let's go and take a look! Did the two of them find something in Cao Ding's house? That's why they were killed?"
"They were attacked in the hall of Cao Ding's house," Ani pondered, "What could be found there? Could it be that they said something?"
"That's right!" Finally, Chen Taiji suddenly remembered and said to Xu Zun in a hurry, "Before we came here, we were indeed discussing the matter of Cao Lingcheng. Tie Jing said... that he had a friendship with Cao Ding... and... and also said..."
"What else?" everyone urged.
Just as Chen Taiji was about to blurt out something, Xu Zun stopped him, waved his hand at Chen Taiji, and pointed at his ears.
"Oh..." Chen Taiji understood what Xu Zun meant, and quickly came close to Xu Zun and whispered in his ear, "He also said that Cao Ding is introverted, not good at socializing, and only likes to play with his model design. He can't be a spy from Xuanmen."
In fact, these are not secret information. Xu Zun had already investigated them clearly and saw the model designs in the study, which were basically related to water conservancy projects.
However, after Xu Zun finished listening, he still widened his eyes in shock and said in a surprised tone: "Is there such a thing?!"
Xu Zun's excitement aroused the curiosity of Zhao Yu and others.
"What is going on? "
At this moment, even Chen Taiji himself was very puzzled. He felt that there seemed to be no clues in his words?
"Zhao Yu is right," Xu Zun pointed at the door and said, "There is no time to lose, let's go back to Cao Ding's mansion and take a look!"
After saying that, everyone rushed out of the Ministry of Water Resources impatiently.
The rain outside was still falling, and the sound of rushing water could be heard everywhere.
When everyone arrived at the door and were preparing to ride their horses or get on cars, Xu Zun suddenly stopped everyone.
He first glanced into the Ministry of Water Resources, then stepped to the door and instructed everyone:
"Huo Anu, you and Hou Zhen take two guards back to Cao Ding's house to check the situation and find clues. By the way, check on the injury of the Eastern Divine Constable." Xu Zun said, "If she wakes up, ask her what happened immediately!"
"Yes! What about you?" Huo Anu was puzzled, "Aren't you going?"
"Zhao Yu," Xu Zun pulled Zhao Yu to his side, whispered a few words to him, and then said, "You and Ah Xiuzi go and do this!"
"Oh..." Zhao Yu nodded thoughtfully, as if he understood something.
So he pulled Ashura aside, and the two of them disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Ani..." Xu Zun said to Ani and the remaining guards, "Come with me to a place!
"Hou Zhen..." Then, he whispered a few more words in Hou Zhen's ear, and then ordered, "Go and call Li Jinlou to me. I have something to ask him."
"Yes!" Hou Zhen did not dare to neglect it, and immediately jumped on his horse and galloped away...
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Da da da …
The sound of horse hooves was urgent, splashing water on the ground.
“Oh…”
Following Liu Dong's call, the carriage stopped in front of a secluded house in Jianyefang.
This is the home of Dali Temple Secretary Tie Jing.
Since Tie Jing's ancestors were of Buhler descent, he preferred to live in Jianyefang where there were many foreigners.
Boom boom boom…
A guard under Xu Zun named Li Xing banged on the door hard, and it took a while before any noise was heard from inside.
"Who is so rude? Do you know whose house this is?" The door opened and the steward poked his head out. "Do you know any etiquette?"
Bang!
Li Xing didn't care about that. He kicked the door open and shouted, "The Inner Guard is investigating a case. This is the special envoy appointed by the Holy Queen Mother. Why don't you go and greet him?"
As expected, good people are often bullied. Li Xing was so arrogant that the manager was frightened and bowed quickly, saying:
"You have come at an unfortunate time. My master is not at home!"
"I know he's not at home," Li Xing said, "Stop talking nonsense, lead the way quickly, and gather all your family members in the hall to talk!"
A quarter of an hour later, all members of the Tie family came to the hall.
Recently, major events have occurred one after another in the Holy Capital. The Tie family didn't know what was going on, and when they saw Xu Zun and others being so arrogant, they were all frightened.
In order to avoid trouble, Xu Zun asked Li Xing to take out the imperial edict and show it to the Tie family to reveal his identity first.
Seeing that Xu Zun was indeed the special envoy appointed by the Queen Mother herself, the Tie family became even more frightened, thinking that Tie Jing had done something wrong.
"You don't have to panic," Xu Zun asked, "I am here to ask you a question. As long as I can answer it, I won't embarrass you.
"Think about it carefully. Mr. Tie and Cao Ding, the Minister of Water Resources of the Ministry of Industry, once had a friendship. Does anyone among you know anything about this?"
ah?
The Tie family members looked at each other in amazement, all of them were stunned by this bizarre question.
After a few seconds, everyone shook their heads and said they didn't know.
"Sir..." Tie Jing's housekeeper asked weakly, "What is Shui Lingcheng?"
Depend on……
Xu Zun was depressed and suddenly realized that he might have come to the wrong place. Instead of coming to Tie Jing's house, he might as well go to the Dali Temple.
It seems... I can only settle for the next best thing.
Seeing everyone looking at each other in confusion, Xu Zun wanted to ask them, who are Tie Jing’s other close friends?
As a result, just as he opened his mouth to speak, a voice suddenly came from behind him.
"I...I know..."
Xu Zun turned his head and saw that Hou Zhen had brought Li Jinlou over, and it was Li Jinlou who was speaking.
"Oh?" Xu Zun's eyes widened, "You knew?"
"Yes... yes..." Li Jinlou, who was already soaked like a drowned chicken, said timidly, "Water Commissioner Cao Ding likes to study ancient monuments, especially the ancient water channels.
"Some of Tie's ancestors worked in the Surveying and Design Institute, so there are some ancient city maps in the family. Cao Ding liked them very much, so he spent a lot of money to buy them..."
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