A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 469: The corpse-swapping case is full of doubts, return to the secret guard establishment in the main hall

Sizhou, Hanoi County, Huai County

As the county seat of Hanoi County, Huai County is the most prosperous city in Hanoi County.

In an unnamed mountain in the southeast of Huai County, dozens of men in black clothes and hats entered a dilapidated Taoist temple, pulled open a stone slab, and revealed the dark entrance inside.

The entrance can accommodate approximately two people passing through at the same time.

"Chief Guard, this place was one of the strongholds of Huai County's secret guards."

A man in black said respectfully to the current middle-aged man in black.

"Let's go in!"

The middle-aged man at the head spoke, and several men in black rushed to hold torches and clear the way for him until everyone disappeared into this dilapidated Taoist temple.

Looking at the black marks left by the flames in the corridor, the middle-aged man was thoughtful until a collapse appeared in front of him.

"Open it."

Following the middle-aged man's order, the people behind him passed over the middle-aged man, took out various tools, and began to dig.

The middle-aged man is the deputy chief of the Bai Kingdom's secret guard, named Hei Yao. Born in the Hei clan of the White Kingdom, he is one of the two major clans in the secret guard.

With the development of time, the Bai Kingdom has been in a stable period, and the secret guards have been able to gradually turn from light to dark in the world and become true secret guards. Even few people in the Bai Kingdom know that there are two major clans, the Hei clan and the Quan clan.

Because he gradually matured, there were times when the secret guard did something but didn't cause any trouble from beginning to end. Even the person involved didn't know how he died.

For example, Sima Lang, the then governor of Hanoi who wiped out many secret guard strongholds in Hanoi County, was the eldest son and head of the Hanoi clan.

The secret guard wanted to take revenge, but he died without any chance. Others always thought that Sima Lang died in the line of duty and was overworked, so he died on the document.

In fact, the secret guard sent a killer to kill him and then disguised it as a suicide.

But it was not that no one noticed it, at least Quan Li found it because he was too familiar with the secret guards' methods, but he didn't say it because he also had hatred for Sima Lang.

It's just right to die, so that the secret guards of the Bai Kingdom will not know that he has surrendered to the enemy.

As the deputy captain of the secret guard, Obsidian is one of the four giants of the secret guard.

The current head of the secret guard is Guard Chief Shirasaki. He was born in the Bai family of the Bai Kingdom and is a son of a public family. His father is a son of the Bai family. He himself was killed because of the third generation and became a son of a public family.

However, with his intelligence talent, he served in the Dark Guard, and finally became the captain of the Dark Guard, commanding the entire Dark Guard. In the future, he might become the founder of the third largest clan of the Dark Guard, and his future is bright.

The secret guard has a master and three auxiliaries. The leader is the guard chief, who is responsible for the entire secret guard. He follows King Bai or Duke Bai all year round and serves as the link between the family head and the secret guard.

The remaining three are deputy guard chiefs, each responsible for intelligence, assassination, and administration.

The three of them each form a system and have their own stall. Within the systems they are responsible for, they are all honored as guard chiefs.

There is a state guard chief in each state, who is responsible for coordinating the secret guards of a state. There are county guards in counties and county guards in counties. Apart from the scope of responsibility and level, there is no difference.

There are also three deputy guard chiefs under the governor of the state. Like the main church, they are responsible for intelligence, assassination, and administration. However, in addition to taking orders from the governor of the state, they also need to take orders from the deputy guard chiefs within their own system.

Over the years, many secret guard strongholds in many places have been destroyed, and many people in charge have died.

Originally, this was not a big deal. As a special department, secret guards die every year.

However, one time, a stronghold in Nanyang County was systematically destroyed. When the superior secret guards came to investigate, they discovered that the body of a county guard chief who was originally dead was not right.

Among the secret guards who came to investigate, one of the men was his brother. He could tell at a glance that the charred corpse was not his brother because his brother had a birthmark on his left hip.

As for this charred corpse, the left buttock happened to be unburnt, and there was no birthmark as it should have on the white buttocks.

The report was handed over to the main hall of the Bai Kingdom. Bai Qi keenly discovered that there was a problem and immediately ordered a careful investigation of the secret guard strongholds in various places that had recently happened.

After three months of careful investigation, it turned out that there was something wrong with the investigation. The bodies in many strongholds had been exchanged. It was not known whether the original people were dead or alive.

Shirasaki immediately realized that someone was targeting the secret guards, and then handed over the task of investigating the corpse-swapping case to Obsidian, the deputy guard chief in charge of intelligence.

After three years of traveling, I personally went to various places to investigate and sort out clues, and finally determined the origin of the case, Huai County, Hanoi County.

Because since the Huai County stronghold was destroyed, local secret guard strongholds have been systematically destroyed every year.

This has never happened before. Although there are many casualties, there will always be survivors.

Although the secret guards did not care about other outside members except the local person in charge, such a large-scale killing was obviously well prepared.

"Chief Guard, the passage has been dug."

Obsidian patted the dust on his black robe that was sitting on the ground, followed the torch held by his men, and walked into the secret room that had been sealed for many years.

Because it had been cleaned over the years, there were no bones inside. There were only discarded utensils and collapsed cabinets.

"Search carefully! Never miss a single detail."

"I have the order!" Following Obsidian's order, twenty or thirty intelligence elites behind him began to search the secret room inch by inch.

And Obsidian is constantly observing everything around him.

"Chief Guard, there is something discovered here." After several hours of intermittent and back-and-forth searches, someone finally made a discovery.

Obsidian hurried over and observed carefully.

There is a strange pattern at the bottom of a collapsed stone pillar. This is a secret painting circulated within the secret guard, which conveys a signal of extreme danger.

Obsidian pinched his chin and thought carefully: "It's extremely dangerous, which means this matter is not simple." Then he asked the guard chief in charge of this place:

"Who was in charge of this stronghold back then?"

The Chief of Guard of Huai County knew that someone from above was coming to thoroughly investigate the destruction of the stronghold, so he kept the files from that year in his heart:
"Quan Li, deputy guard chief of Huai County, is responsible for the secret and covert spies in all parts of Huai County. He is a son of the Quan family."

Among the secret guards, they are not ashamed to show their background, because a high background means that you must have high abilities, otherwise it will only discredit your family.

When something goes wrong, not only the secret guards will punish you, but the family's patriarchal clan will also punish you for damaging the family's reputation.

"Are there any survivors of the spy in charge of Quan Li?"

The deputy health chief of Huai County shook his head and said:
“This was all in Quan Li’s personal hands at the beginning, but once he died, everything was lost.

I was transferred to Huai County in the past two years. I don't know the specific situation at the beginning. I only know it from the files.

However, this stronghold was destroyed that year and all intelligence was paralyzed. However, it is thought that the Huai County Guard Chief at that time had some secret spies. "

Hei Yao nodded and asked, "Did you find anything about Quan Li's body?"

There was a family member in the team who came out and said:
"No, it has been many years, and the body was burned that year, so nothing was found from the outside. However, I found many scratches on the facial bones of the body. It must have been disfigured by a sharp object in front of it.

Moreover, through the throat, it can be found that the body was burned after death. There are no traces of smoke below the throat. "

"Disfigured? Since they are already dead, why disfigure them? There is something fishy here."

Obsidian thought carefully and finally discovered the doubt, but now he cannot make a conclusion:

“Where is the director of health of Huai County back then?”

The Wei Chief of Huai County shook his head and said: "I don't know about this position. People who are transferred are not allowed to disclose their whereabouts. I guess only the main hall knows."

Obsidian nodded, and then led the people out of the stronghold and returned to Bai Country.

After arriving in Baiguo, he immediately found the deputy guard chief in charge of administration and asked to find out the movements of the guard chief of Huai County.

The chief executive guard was a rare woman. She looked at Obsidian and said with a smile:

"Oh, it's hard for Brother Yao to destroy the slave family. Without the guard chief's talisman, Brother Yao has no right to check other people's files."

Obsidian's face darkened: "Liu Qingqing, stop fussing with me, I'm going to be fifty soon. Isn't it disgusting?"

Liu Qingqing said indifferently:

"Huh, it's boring. You and Quan Huan are the same. It's a pity that I, Liu Qingqing, was a famous lady. I was the courtesan of Luoyang at the time. I was famous throughout the capital. The princes, grandsons and grandsons were all my playthings.

But in this secret guard, famous flowers are covered in dust, and there is no one who can appreciate my beauty. It is sad. "

Quan Huan is another deputy guard chief responsible for assassinations.

And Liu Qingqing is not as unbearable as Obsidian said. Even though she is now in her forties, her figure still has charm, and her face is still tight due to martial arts training and some special maintenance methods. Lord.

However, Obsidian knew very well that this girl was a purple mandala flower, which was very poisonous. It would not kill you if you touched it, but you would die if you smelled it, and you would die if you looked at it.

There are not only a thousand but also eight hundred men who died directly or indirectly because of her.

Obsidian ignored Liu Qingqing, who had taken out a bronze mirror from nowhere to admire herself, and threw him a token.

Liu Qingqing was still looking at the bronze mirror, took it casually, glanced at it, and said speechlessly:
"Yes, if I didn't take it out earlier, I would be wasting my energy. I thought I was going to solve another big case. The deputy guard chief is trying to gain power. Just thinking about it makes people drool."

Liu Qingqing looked at Obsidian who was unmoved and curled her lips: "Wait."

After saying that, he walked towards the Secret Guard Executive Yuan. Not long after, he walked out and said to Hei Yao:
"Liu A, a descendant of the Liu family of the Bai Kingdom, once served as the guard of Huai County, Hanoi County, Sizhou. Twenty years ago, due to the destruction of the Huai County stronghold, he was demoted to Xia Cai County, Huainan County, and served as the deputy guard of Xia Cai Intelligence.

Fifteen years ago, because he solved a major case, he was promoted to serve as the chief of security in Xiapi County, Xiapi County, Qingzhou.

Later, by some unknown luck, he found evidence of the crime of Chen Tai, the son of Chen Qun, the imperial censor of the Han Dynasty, and was promoted to the deputy intelligence chief of Jizhou. "

After hearing this, Hei Yao didn't say anything, turned around and left without hesitation. Seeing this, Liu Qingqing yelled:

"With a wooden head, you have no etiquette at all, and you don't say thank you. Hum, you will fall under my skirt sooner or later."

(End of this chapter)