late Qing Dynasty

Chapter 87
"How do you follow the vine?" Yixin asked.

"Take care of Zhu Yuanhong first, and imprison his family members. Be careful, don't let him commit suicide, and be careful that there will be assassins around."

I asked worriedly, after all, I have to go to the palace to report to the Queen Mother, and then go to Chen Yucheng, wondering if he was caught by that bastard Zhu Yuanhong.

"Don't worry, I'll make arrangements." Yixin patted my shoulder.

"Master Liu, the officer who wanted to kill me was poisoned with silver needles. There are three silver needles on the wooden pillar of the prison. They may be poisonous. Be careful."

"understood."

Yixin responded, and left with the people.

Only then did I breathe a sigh of relief. If things go well, we can follow the clues and find out who is behind this scene.

Moreover, what happened today, and the carriage incident that day, were likely caused by one person.

There is such a big cancer hidden in the imperial court, he must be dug out as soon as possible, otherwise, he will rot the whole country.

Before I knew it, I had arrived at the Hall of Mental Cultivation. After waiting outside for a while, Li Lianying took me in. Inside, the empress dowagers of the two palaces were there, and I don't know what they were discussing.

"My minister kowtowed to the queen mother."

"Get up."

I stood aside and waited for their questions. In fact, I don't need to say more, Yixin should have already told what happened.

"Master Tang, what do you think about this matter?" Lan'er asked me.

"I can't make a judgment yet, and I have to wait for everything to be investigated before I can make a decision."

I say this because I don’t want to scare the snake away, because everyone around me may be behind the scenes, such as the Empress Dowager Ci’an, or the Empress Dowager Cixi whom I know well.

Of course, I'm just making an example.

"Well, I'll leave this matter to you and the sixth master. We must find out who is behind the scenes, and the Ai family will definitely punish them severely." Lan'er waved her hand and motioned me to go down.

"Yes." I bowed to them, and withdrew.

The current situation is turbulent, and the forces of all parties are already ready to move. In addition, the Taiping Army and the Qing Army are fighting each other, which has accelerated the fall of the country.

Now I am more aware of why Mr. Sun Yat-sen is supported by people from all walks of life. After all, the person who can clean up such a big mess is definitely not an ordinary person.

As I walked, I thought, if a coup is launched now, it will undoubtedly give foreigners an opportunity, and it will only accelerate the fall of the country. Could it be that the Qing Dynasty is really not exhausted.

In other words, I must obey the inevitability of history.

But in the following series of wars, if they break out, I will never let China lose, and even, I will never let those wars have a chance to break out.

"My lord, here!" When I stepped out of the gate of the palace, I saw Mei Shuang waving at me.

"Why are you here?" I walked over and asked.

"The sixth master sent someone to notify the servants to come, and Chen Yucheng, who is also at the sixth master's house." Mei Shuang surrounded me like a bird, chattering non-stop.

"My lord, are you not injured anywhere? You don't know, the servant almost went to the prison to kill you, and Chen Yucheng, he is also ready. If you don't come back tonight, we will kill you. "

"Where is Master Six?" I ignored her noise and asked her directly.

"The sixth master is dealing with those people, do you want to go over and have a look?" Mei Shuang pointed not far away, and said, "It's in that direction."

"Let's go." I followed Mei Shuang and walked towards the prison of the nine admirals.

When we got there, Yixin was taking Zhu Yuanhong into custody, and he also invited a foreman to investigate the dead officer.

"My lord, this person died after entering the Baihui with a silver needle, and the silver needle was stained with highly poisonous aconite, that's why this person died so quickly." Wu Zuo reported to Yixin.

Yi Xin glanced at Zhu Yuanhong, and said to Zuo Zuo, "Write it in the case file, and I will check it when the time comes."

"Yes." Wu Zuo saluted and continued to check.

Yi Xin walked up to Zhu Yuanhong, looked him up and down a few times, and then said to the guards beside him, "Search."

"Yes!" The two guards next to him replied in unison.

After a while, the guards searched Zhu Yuanhong's whole body, but found nothing except the necessary money bag.

"Sixth Master, don't worry about it. I really have nothing to do with this matter, and I just act according to the law." Zhu Yuanhong still insisted on it.

If he insists on saying this, we really can't do anything to him. After all, it is true that someone in my house reported me, and what he did is considered a routine.

Secondly, I have no evidence in my hand that he wants to assassinate me.

"Zhu Yuanhong, you'd better tell the truth, otherwise, I have plenty of ways to get you to talk." Yi Xin said with a blank expression.

Zhu Yuanhong bowed to Yi Xin in fear and trepidation, "Sixth Master, you have to be careful, the lower officials are really routine, and as for that person, the lower officials don't even know each other!"

Zhu Yuanhong insisted that it had nothing to do with him.

"It doesn't matter. It's not up to you. It can only be decided after investigation. Someone, lock up Zhu Yuanhong first."

"My lord, you are wronged! You are wronged, my lord!" Like all prisoners, Zhu Yuanhong shouted at us in a panic.

However, I could see that there was no trace of fear in his eyes, and even a trace of complacency.

The guards imprisoned Zhu Yuanhong and his subordinates separately, and Wu Zuo had almost checked and came to the final conclusion.

"My lord, there are three silver needles on the body of the deceased. One enters from the Baihui acupoint, one enters from the Ren meridian, and the other enters from the Du meridian. They are all fatal acupoints."

Three silver needles, the Baihui acupoint is on the top, the Ren meridian is in the front, and the Du meridian is in the back, and the silver needles flew over at the same time, and the target was me besides the officer and soldier.

Therefore, if the six silver needles are issued by one person, then this person has to control the direction of the three silver needles with one hand.

This matter is almost impossible. After all, the dexterity of human fingers is limited, so how can it be possible to control three directions at the same time.

Not to mention hands!
If this is not the case, then there may be multiple people, multiple people trying to kill us at the same time.

I'm just inferring, and I don't rule out that there are really masters. After all, if you want to release those silver needles at the same time, you need those people to have a high degree of tacit understanding.

"Send people to Yizhuang first, and take care of them." Yixin gave the order, then turned to look at me, "Is there anything else you want to ask?"

"Where are the three silver needles on the wall?" I asked.

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(End of this chapter)