Daxuanti criminal officer

Chapter 205 Duties and Gambling

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Hearing Xu Zun's words, Zhao Yu and Tao Lang were both dumbfounded.

"Are you crazy?" Tao Lang stared at Xu Zun, and said in disbelief, "Without Suanni Ghost, there will be no more chances!

"Xu Zun, don't you still believe in my identity?" Tao Lang motioned to his sleeve, "I have the token of the inner guard in my pocket, Yan Sen and I are both ordered by the Holy Queen Mother.

"If you don't believe it anymore, then go to Yunlong Mountain and take a look. In the mountain twenty miles to the northwest, you can ask General Jing Hui personally..."

"Jun Tao," Xu Zun said with a wave of his hand, "don't get me wrong, I completely believe in your identity and everything you say. Because apart from the reasons you said, I can't think of anyone else who can do this kind of thing.

"However, there is one thing that you may not have figured out," Xu Zun said, "I also came to Yonghui to investigate the case under the order of the Holy Empress Dowager!

"Besides, your secret orders come first, while my orders follow."

Xu Zun's words were very simple, but in Tao Lang's heart, it was like a bolt from the blue.

"You...what do you mean?" Tao Lang asked in surprise, "I've already told you the truth, don't tell me...you still want to go against the will of the Holy Queen?
"Xu Zun, the head on your neck no longer belongs to you. If you can't make the right choice again, then your family members and subordinates will all be buried with you!"

Tao Lang's words carried so much weight that Zhao Yu trembled.He hurried forward and fumbled inside Tao Lang's cuff.

And after a while of groping, he really found out the inner guard's token.

"Master Xu," Zhao Yu said to Xu Zun holding up the token, "he didn't lie! Sir, you have to think twice..."

"Zhao Yu," Xu Zun said awe-inspiringly, "Are you going to disobey now? Didn't I make my words clear? Burn the Suan Ni ghosts, and burn this place too!"

"My lord...you..." Zhao Yu knew Xu Zun's nature very well, he was not fully sure, Xu Zun never took risks.

So, he immediately took out the scythe and prepared to act.

"Stop!" Tao Lang's eyes were bleeding, and he shouted anxiously, "You are really a bunch of lunatics, you know who you are against, and you still want to..."

"Jun Tao," Xu Zun said seriously, "Wan Qifeng gave me a piece of advice before he died: Smart people don't live long, especially those who think they are smart.

"This sentence is too true!"

"You..." Tao Lang looked at Xu Zun suspiciously, as if he understood something, but at the same time he didn't seem to understand.

"I, Xu Zun, was sentenced in Tangzhou, and I came to Yonghui to investigate the case of evil spirits and cannibalism under the order of the Empress Dowager!" Xu Zun stood tall and said awe-inspiringly, "This is my mission in Yonghui, and finding out the truth of the case Xu's responsibility.

"Now, my task has been completed! The truth of the ghost cannibalism case is revealed, you are the mastermind of the case, and you planned all of this.

"So, I can already go back to my life!"

"What!!? You...you..." Tao Lang turned pale with shock, his face full of disbelief.

"What are you still doing?" Xu Zun turned to Zhao Yu, "Do it! I will be responsible for all the consequences and have nothing to do with you."

"Yes... yes..." Zhao Yu didn't hesitate any longer, and immediately went behind the Suan Ni Ghost's props and started to light the fire.

"Xu Zun..." Seeing Huoqi, Tao Lang was in despair, stared at Xu Zun and said fiercely, "You know what the Holy Queen Mother is going to do. Even if you kill me, the Queen Mother will not spare you!

"You are delaying, but it is my Daxuan's national policy! You will become a sinner!!"

"Don't worry," Xu Zun said nonchalantly, "I'm here to investigate the case, and I won't kill innocent people indiscriminately. You are the mastermind of the cannibalism case, so I will naturally let you stand trial alive."

"you……"

When he was speaking, Zhao Yu had already ignited the Suanni Ghost prop, and since the prop was also smeared with white phosphorus, the fire quickly became larger, thick smoke billowed out, and there was a crackling sound, as if it was about to explode.

"My lord..." Zhao Yu ran out of the fire and shouted at Xu Zun, "Let's hurry up! This thing burns really fast..."

So Xu Zun and Zhao Yu pulled Tao Lang out of the secret room and returned to Tao Lang's bedroom.

"no no……"

At this moment, Tao Lang had already collapsed, helplessly slumped on the ground, unable to believe that the grand plan he had designed for two years was so easily destroyed.

"Zhao Yu," Xu Zun ordered, "take Governor Tao down, and send our people to take care of him so that nothing happens to him.

"And...the words in it just now..."

"I understand, I understand!" At this point, Zhao Yu could only bite the bullet and nod again and again, "We are only here to investigate the evil spirit of Yonghui, and we don't know anything else.

"But..." Zhao Yu pointed at Tao Lang and whispered, "If he talks nonsense, what should we do?"

"Does it have something to do with us?" Xu Zun said indifferently, "He can say whatever he likes, when the time comes, let's see who the Holy Queen Mother will punish..."

Xu Zun deliberately spoke very seriously, which means to remind Tao Lang, don't talk nonsense with others, otherwise you may be the one who dies the worst!
Tao Lang shuddered when he heard the words, but still gave Xu Zun a vicious look, which meant to see who would die first between the two of us?

After Zhao Yu took the man down, there was a burst of thick smoke from the entrance of the secret room, and it was obvious that a fire had already ignited inside.

Xu Zun came to the door, quickly found the switch, and closed the stone door at the entrance of the secret passage.

The bedroom was restored to cleanliness, but the corpses all over the floor still testified to the bloody and cruelty of this ghost murder case.

In fact, as early as when he was at the wine shop on the pier, Xu Zun had already thought that this incident might be done by the court, and even thought of the supreme ruler of Daxuan.

However, after Tao Lang told the truth, Xu Zun also couldn't figure out why the queen mother sent herself to Yonghui to investigate the case when she clearly planned everything.
Isn't this a contradiction?

Could it be that one of the edicts that Tao Lang and himself received was fake?

After careful analysis, this possibility was quickly ruled out.

Without the queen mother's will, how could Tao Lang play such a big game of chess?

Also, it is impossible for the Yizhi he received to be false, and Cai Kuntian dared not fake the Yizhi even if he had the guts to do so.

and so……

The empress dowager sent herself to Yonghui at such a critical moment, there must be a deep meaning.

Going back and thinking about it, Li Yan, the governor, didn't get any news when he was in Shangyuan City, but the Queen Mother suddenly issued two secret decrees to herself, and directly stated that there was a murder by a ghost in Yonghui.

Now it seems that there is actually a reason why the Queen Mother got the news so early.

Xu Zun also knew that there was another important factor behind the ghost case, and that was the iron coffin incident!
Tao Lang started planning the Yonghui ghost case just two years ago, and at that time, the iron coffin incident had just happened.

According to what I know so far, the national teacher Qiu Dingtian defected to Xiazhou, was shot dead by the Ruan family of Xiazhou, and then put his body in an iron coffin and transported it back to the holy capital.

Unexpectedly, the iron coffin was robbed in Xinye County, and Qiu Dingtian's body disappeared.

Therefore, the Empress Dowager had reason to suspect that it was the Ruan family of Xiazhou who had done something wrong, maybe that Qiu Dingtian was not dead at all!
If this is the case, then the Ruan family of Xiazhou may secretly cooperate with Qiu Dingtian.

You know, Qiu Dingtian has been Daxuan's national teacher all his life, and he knows the court and society of Daxuan Dynasty like the back of his hand, once he joins hands with Xia Zhou, it will become a fatal danger for Daxuan.

Therefore, the Empress Dowager had no choice but to draw up such a plan. She wanted to use the evil ghost of Yonghui to send troops to Yonghui to give Xiazhou Ruan a blow in advance.

For this reason, she did not hesitate to wipe out the entire Yonghui and rebuild the city, just to show her determination to the Ruan family in Xiazhou!
But...Xu Zun also knew that the iron coffin case had not been clarified, and no one knew whether Qiu Dingtian was dead or alive?
Therefore, the Empress Dowager knew in her heart that this huge strategy was radical and risky.

In case things are not as they imagined, it will be tantamount to a complete break with Xiazhou, adding unstable factors.

What's more, if someone deliberately snatched Qiu Dingtian's body and deliberately provoked the relationship between Daxuan and Xiazhou, wouldn't it be a trick of the thieves?

Therefore, when it was about to be implemented, the Queen Mother was still in a dilemma.

So... I saw that I was investigating the iron coffin case and made a certain breakthrough.The queen mother changed her mind and asked Cai Kun to issue a secret decree to come to Yonghui to investigate the case of evil spirits cannibalizing people.

perhaps……

Xu Zun guessed in his heart that the queen mother was making a gamble with herself, right?

If Xu Zun couldn't figure out the ins and outs after he came to Yonghui, then let Tao Lang keep everything as usual and maintain the previous plan.

But what if Xu Zun really finds out the evil ghost case and can stop Tao Lang's plan in time, then... everything will be different?

Of course, without any real evidence, Xu Zun's decision to set fire to the Suan Ni ghost was not a big gamble.

I just don't know if I can win the bet...

(End of this chapter)