After the immortal disappeared

But he might not have paid much attention to it at the time, so he can't remember it now.

Liu Wu didn't know what he meant and couldn't disturb him.

Finally, Bai Ziqi interrupted his thoughts and asked again:

"Is Qi Yunsheng poisoned?"

"Tested, no."

Bai Ziqi asked people to continue sealing the body, then turned around and walked out of the cellar: "What will happen to Mangzhou after the incident?"

"Seal the city and activate the Escape Technique Forbidden Array at the same time." Liu Wu followed. "After searching for three days without any results, we expanded the area to a radius of fifty miles."

"Yes. We can't rule out that they used escape techniques to escape before the city was closed." Bai Ziqi asked him, "After enlarging the scope, have you found a more suitable suspect?"

"No."

When Liu Wu said this, he hesitated for a moment, and Bai Ziqi saw it: "If you have anything to say, just say it."

"Because Mangzhou was so crowded at that time, some officials and wealthy businessmen also chose to stay in Zhuo'an. The straight-line distance from Mangzhou was only more than ten miles. In fact, the mountain road was more rugged, probably dozens of miles." Liu Wu said, " After the investigation, many people pointed out that General Chongwu suddenly went out in the evening and did not return until dawn the next day.”

"Oh?" Speaking of General Chongwu, Bai Ziqi was not very interested. "Why did you leave so suddenly?"

"It was said that the escorted tribute was stolen, and six or seven teams from the same inn were also stolen. General Chongwu led his men to chase them out, and finally caught two local thieves in a nearby deserted village and returned."

"Hmm -" Bai Ziqi thought for a moment, "Have you ever doubted him?"

The questions asked by Bai Dushi were difficult to answer. Liu Wu coughed lightly: "It's my duty."

"There's something wrong with this confession, isn't there?"

"this……"

"Just tell me and I'll keep it a secret."

"General Chongwu left the inn for too long. He went out in the evening and came back at dawn; and the two thieves he captured only admitted that they stole money from the inn, but denied stealing tributes and supplies."

"What exactly did the little thief say?"

"They fell asleep when they returned to the deserted village. When they woke up, there were a bunch of boxes next to them, and in front of them was an angry heavy-armed general. Oh, yes, it was later discovered that one of them had an iron ring on his finger, which was a storage box. "Jie, the capacity is not small."

Otherwise, how could two people and two horses take away more than a dozen boxes?

"Do you think these two thieves told the truth and were framed?"

Liu Wu said: "I wanted to go to the jail for interrogation, but I was told that these two prisoners disappeared. About two days before I arrived in Mangzhou, they suddenly disappeared from the county jail late at night. The jailer on duty that night was knocked unconscious , don’t know what happened.”

Only then did Bai Ziqi become more interested: "Did he escape from prison or be kidnapped?"

"The county couldn't judge. They only issued a wanted warrant, but the two men were never caught again."

"In other words, you don't know whether you will live or die?"

"Yes... you can say that." Faced with Bai Ziqi's question, Liu Wu was so nervous that he licked his lips, "General Chongwu insisted that someone was trying to frame him."

Bai Ziqi asked while thinking: "Where is General Chongwu?"

"More than two months ago, I rushed to the northern frontline to perform my duties."

Bai Ziqi was curious: "General Chongwu has not been cleared of suspicion, so why can he rush to the northern front to perform his duties?"

Liu Wu explained: "After General Xue was killed, there was a vacancy on the northern front. Your Majesty and the Supervisor agreed to send General Chongwu and General Yuwen to the northern front to fill the vacancy."

Bai Ziqi let out a long sigh: "I see, no wonder you doubt General Chongwu."

It seems that General Chongwu was the direct beneficiary of Xue Zongwu's death.

Liu Wu touched his nose awkwardly: "This..."

He was not the only one who doubted Chongwu. As far as he knew, Junshang was so angry that he couldn't eat for several days.

Bai Ziqi continued: "To sum up, Emperor Jiuyou is not as free as he is in the Shining Gold Plains in the Yao Kingdom, so he has reduced the number of people entering the country, has a legal identity in the Yao Kingdom as a cover, and follows Xue Zongwu all the way to Mangzhou. So he is in The path of Yao Kingdom is basically the same as that of Xue Zongwu. Have you checked according to this? "

"I have checked. But to be honest, there are too many teams entering from the northwest border and arriving at Mangzhou via the same route. It is difficult to find them one by one."

"Isn't there any team among them that has extremely powerful force?" Although there was no hope in this direction because Emperor Jiuyou must be good at disguise, Bai Ziqi still asked one more question as usual.

"The teams that escort officials into the capital usually have some skills. Extremely strong? Uh..." Liu Wu thought for a while and shook his head.

"Who are you thinking of again? It doesn't matter, you can tell me no matter how outrageous it is. Sometimes, intuition is more reliable than anything else."

Liu Wu read out six or seven names in a row, and then said: "These are all high-level people with great reputations. They were all around Mangzhou when the crime occurred."

One of the names sounded particularly familiar. Bai Ziqi said "wait a minute" and interrupted Liu Wu's name.

"He Xiao?" He confirmed with Liu Wu again, "He Xiao was also near Mangzhou that night?!"

"Yes." Liu Wu nodded, "He was invited by our king to watch the ceremony. He stayed in Zhuo'an that night with Te Shi and the imperial guards. He stayed in the same inn as General Chongwu."

"Did you know that he was powerful in force at that time?" Bai Ziqi had also fought against He Lingchuan before. If he hadn't recalled the lantern spirit back then, the "Chi Yan Special Envoy" would have suffered a bit.

At that time, He Xiao had good cultivation, but he was not strong enough.

"I asked him about the fashion but he didn't know. But not long after, he signed a life and death certificate at my Wang Shoudian's competition ground and killed He Yang, the Qingwei leader of Qingyang Supervisory Country, on the spot."

Bai Ziqi stood still: "I have only heard about this matter a few times, but I don't know the process. Is it really in front of Qingyang Supervisor?"

"Yes, in front of my king, Qingyang Supervisor, and all civil and military officials, I was also present."

"This is a bit unbelievable." As far as Bai Ziqi knew, Qingyang was very protective of his shortcomings. How could the life and death statements in Yao Wang's longevity code have any effect on her? "With Qingyang's ability to supervise the country, how could he fail to rescue him?"

The former Chief Grand Master of Bejia was too late to save his men during the birthday ceremony of King Yao? This was not like the Qingyang he knew.

"Well, actually..." Liu Wu coughed lightly, "The magic weapon that killed Commander He was taken out by himself. It did not hit He Xiao, but it backfired on its owner. The accident happened too fast, even if Qingyang Supervisor It’s too late for the country to take action.”

He didn't know if there was any connection between Bai Ziqi and Qingyang. He only knew that both of them were from Bejia, and he couldn't afford to offend them.

"As expected of He Xiao, Qingyang suffered another embarrassing loss." Qingyang went to the Golden Flash Plains, and the people he brought with him were not ordinary people. He Xiao's ability to defeat He Yang in a head-to-head competition, no matter what method he uses, really shows that this person has strong cultivation.

I haven’t seen you in a few years, how diligent are you?

Liu Wu laughed awkwardly.

"Speaking of Xue Zongwu's murder, did He Xiao stay at the inn all night?"

"Yes." Liu Wu nodded, "The special envoy sent by my king to pick him up and the imperial guards all testified."

"How to testify? They drank together all night?"

"No, we each went back to our houses to rest for a few hours at night." Liu Wu looked embarrassed, "When General Chongwu rushed back early in the morning, he had breakfast with He Xiao."

Bai Ziqi accurately grasped the loophole: "In other words, during those hours at night, no one saw He Xiao in the inn."

"You can put it this way." Liu Wu hesitated before saying, "Are you suspicious of He Xiao?"

"No, I only question, not infer." Bai Ziqi smiled, "He Xiao is now prospering in Tianshui City, and it's very comfortable."

"My king is the first-class celebrity, and the most popular foreign businessman in Yao Kingdom." Liu Wu recounted his treasures, "Not long ago, he presided over the construction of Youhu Villa, and now he serves as the governor of the Shangyi during the construction of Tianshui's eastward expansion."

Bai Ziqi already knew all this.

When everyone was about to leave Xiaotao Villa by car, Bai Ziqi said to Liu Wu: "He Xiao and I are old acquaintances. Please tell me carefully what he has done in Tianshui City in the past few months."

The carriage walked all the way, and Bai Ziqi also listened.

When he arrived at the inn where he was staying, it was getting dark, so Bai Ziqi dismissed Liu Wu and sat by the window to look out.

In the small courtyard outside the guest room, there happens to be an epiphyllum blooming quietly, and the fragrance is overflowing.

There were no wind lanterns under the eaves, but the moonlight was like water, pouring gently on the white flowers, giving off a pearlescent texture.

That youth is so amazing that it cannot last for two hours.

With a cup of tea in her hand, Bai Ziqi drank for more than a quarter of an hour.

Bai Qi came up with boiling water to make a cup for him, but Bai Ziqi asked him, "What do you think?"

"Sir, what do you mean?"

"Qingyang, Chongwu, He Xiao, and Emperor Jiuyou."

Bai Qi has been with him for a long time and understands Bai Ziqi's way of speaking, so he said: "They all seem a little suspicious, but..."

He was also on the carriage and heard Bai Ziqi's interest in General Chongwu and He Xiao. Every time the adults ask someone like this, that person will be in serious trouble.

Bai Qi also knows that Master Duzhi may not really want to ask for his answer, but he just needs to explore ideas in his conversation.

Bai Ziqi asked: "But what?"

"They cannot be strung together to form strong evidence." Bai Qi whispered, "It's just a few doubtful points."

"If it was so easy to connect, Emperor Jiuyou would have been captured by Yao Kingdom, so why would we need to come here?" Bai Ziqi tapped her temples, "I told you, what should you do when you can't figure things out?"

The waiter answered quickly: "Believe in spiritual sense."

"How long has He Xiao been in Yao Kingdom?"

"More than two months."

"How long has Qingyang been in Yao Kingdom?"

"Well, more than a year."

Bai Ziqi asked again: "How long has it been since Emperor Jiuyou disappeared?"

"...Almost three months."

"I said before that after killing Xue Zongwu, Emperor Jiuyou himself stopped committing crimes. Could this be because he had something to do in Tianshui City and was therefore incapable of doing anything else?"

The waiter nodded. But he and Bai Qi also knew that there were countless strong men who entered Tianshui City at that time, and He Xiao and Chong Wu were only one or two of them.