From the Red Mansion, you can travel through the world of martial arts

Chapter 74: Rumors
At noon the next day, in Xuancheng County, in a private room of a hotel.

Jia Wei had a rare opportunity to wash up and rest. After resting for a while, there was a knock on the door again.

"Enter."

After Shen Lian entered, he reported: "My Lord, we have sent people to guard the four gates. No one is allowed to enter or leave. We are searching all the inns in the city."

"Got it," Jia Wei said, "Let's go down and have a meal. We've only had dry food along the way. Life is too hard..."

"Yes."

The two of them went downstairs and walked into the lobby. Jia Wei found an empty seat and sat down. Shen Lian called the waiter to order a table of wine and food and paid for the wine.

Shen Lian came to Jia Wei and whispered, "Then please take your time, my Lord. I will go down to do my work now."

Jia Wei stopped him and said, "What's the point of drinking alone? Sit down, they won't lose a thing without you."

Shen Lian had no choice but to sit down. Jia Wei looked at the diners in the hall, then turned his head to look outside the door, and saw people coming and going on the street, which was very busy.

Jia Wei asked, "How is the task I gave you going?"

Shen Lian knew that Jia Wei was talking about the secret investigation of the suspicious points of the treason case, so he replied in a low voice:

"My Lord, I have now found out that Guo Zhen, a doctor in the Ministry of War, was the one responsible. Most people in the Ministry of War were involved in the treason case, and Guo Zhen is no exception. He has died in the imperial prison... Although this clue is broken, all the evidence points to the Prince of Ningjing."

"Prince Ningjing?" Jia Wei remembered that he had met him by chance on Tiewang Mountain that day. This result was very reasonable and no one would be surprised.

"When you return to Beijing, continue investigating." Jia Wei said, "Don't be impatient, take your time, and don't let anyone find out."

"I humble my duty and obey my orders."

Jia Wei suddenly remembered something and said, "Oh, by the way, keep an eye on Lu Wenzhao and see if he makes any moves..."

"Captain Lu?" Shen Lian was a little confused.

Jia Wei said, "Lu Wenzhao used to be a member of the eunuch party, didn't you know that?"

"Of course I know..." Shen Lian thought about it, but still didn't dare to ask any questions.

Since Jia Wei didn't trust Lu Wenzhao, why did he bring him out to do the job?
Shen Lian obviously couldn't guess what this young master was thinking, but he had some guesses of his own.

Maybe Jia Wei wanted to find out Lu Wenzhao's faults along the way and take the opportunity to get rid of him...

Shen Lian continued to associate, and suddenly he was shocked!
Could it be that Jia Wei was signaling him to fabricate evidence to frame Lu Wenzhao?

Shen Lian was not overthinking this, this was simply the Jinyiwei's specialty.

At this time, several big men entered the inn and filled a table. Several of them banged on the table and chairs, shouting, "Drinks!"

Jia Wei was not surprised and paid no attention to the chaos behind him. The group of people were talking so loudly that Jia Wei didn't need to eavesdrop.

"The damn Jinyiwei sealed off the city, and I don't know what they are doing!"

"What else can they do? The Jinyiwei are just a bunch of dogs raised by Wei Yan. They must be plundering and looting in the city to show their filial piety to their rootless master!"

Shen Lian raised his eyebrows when he heard this. He tightened his grip on the knife handle and cast his eyes on Jia Wei. Seeing that Jia Wei had a normal expression and showed no sign of getting angry, he sat patiently. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Given Shen Lian's personality, he naturally didn't want to make a big fuss over a few words.

Jia Wei was just thinking at this time that the news in this era was still too closed. The Jinyiwei surrounded the city and hunted down Wei Ao, and the people at the bottom thought they were doing things for Wei Ao...

Then the group of people talked about a recent major event that shook the martial arts world: "...the master of the Five Supremes, the West Poison Ouyang Feng, died, did you know that?" "I heard that he was injured by the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms of the hero Guo Jing, and then was beaten to death with an iron rod by Ke Zhen'e, one of the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan..."

The man laughed again and said, "That's fake! I have a brother who came from Jiaxing and saw it with his own eyes. Ouyang Feng was indeed injured by the hero Guo Jing, but the one who killed him was Jia Wei from the Jia family. If it wasn't for Jia Wei, old blind man Ke would have died too."

Shen Lian was drinking tea, and when he heard this, he almost spit the tea in his mouth onto Jia Wei's face. He choked a few times before putting down the tea bowl and looking at the person who spoke.

"Jia Jia? Which Jia family? Why haven't I heard of it?"

"This Jia family is not from the underworld, so of course you don't know it - it's the Jinling Jia family, with two sons in one family, the Jia family of the four major families in Jinling..."

Jia Wei was eating fried peanuts and glanced at Shen Lian, who happened to be looking at him with a look of surprise...

Jia Wei took a sip of tea and said, "Who doesn't have some past? When I went to Beijing to take the imperial examination, what's wrong with killing someone on the way?"

Shen Lian swallowed his saliva and nodded. But he thought, could the Western Poison be an ordinary person?

Someone else said, "Young Master Jia's elimination of Ouyang Feng happened in May or June. Your news is too outdated, isn't it? Let me tell you something that just happened. Do you know what the most powerful magic weapon in the martial arts world is?"

"Nonsense, what else is there to say? Of course it's the Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Sabre!"

"Then do you know who has these two magic weapons?"

"The Dragon Slaying Sword has been missing for many years, but the Heavenly Sword is in the hands of the leader of the Emei Sect."

"Wrong! The Heavenly Sword has been seized by the Sun Moon Sect. Now, the number of masters of the Five Mountains Sword Sects killed by the Heavenly Sword is too many to count on one hand..."

Jia Wei and Shen Lian listened to the conversation of this group of wandering people, and started to eat after the wine and food were served. After the meal, Jia Wei went back to sleep, and Shen Lian went to look for Lu Jianxing and others.

It was not until the afternoon that the door of the private room was knocked again.

"Master, we have searched all the inns and restaurants in the city, but we couldn't find Wei Ao. Captain Lu requested that we continue to search the houses..."

Jia Wei thought for a moment and said, "No need to search. Withdraw all the personnel at the city gate and on the road, let them go down and rest, and then call Lu Wenzhao and the others over."

Not long after, Lu Wenzhao, Shen Lian, Lu Jianxing, and Jin Yichuan gathered together. Jia Wei looked at them and was silent for a moment before speaking: "There are eunuchs among us who are informing Wei Ao."

Jia Wei looked at Lu Wenzhao and locked eyes with him. Lu Wenzhao quickly knelt down and said, "My Lord, I have been misled before, but now I have come to my senses and returned to the right path... Wei Yan and I will never reconcile!"

Jia Wei couldn't help but frown. He was a little skeptical at first, but now he is sure!

Lu Wenzhao continued, "If I were Wei Yan's man, why did I shirk responsibility for this matter when I was in Shenjing? And..."

Jia Wei interrupted, "Get up, I said it was you?"

When Lu Wenzhao got up, he was already sweating profusely.

Jia Wei said: "Now we are divided into two teams... Shen Lian."

"The humble position is here!"

"Take Jin Yichuan with you and lead half of the troops to chase in the direction of...East Guangdong. Set off tomorrow."

Jia Wei thought that if he failed to catch up with Wei Ao in Dali, he would go to the Langhuan Blessed Land in Wuliang Mountain to play and see the "Fairy Sister", so that it would not be a wasted trip.

The three brothers looked at each other in bewilderment. Apart from Jia Wei, Lu Wenzhao was a thousand households. Normally, he should lead a team of soldiers. It seemed that Jia Wei really did not trust Lu Wenzhao...

"Pass on my order. Ten people form a team during the journey. Keep an eye on each other, eat and sleep together, and do not act on your own... If an outsider finds out that we are the traitor, all ten of us will be held responsible!"

(End of this chapter)