Gong Ming once said that there is only one truth, but the six of them went out to check separately, and the results of the investigation were different, which completely exceeded everyone's expectations.

I only heard Xingling say first: "The dead are all from my Beigong, I checked a few houses, and there is no trace of any tables and chairs moving in the middle. I only smelled a faint aroma, indicating that a woman had entered, and the people I checked were all men, indicating that they were not left by the family. ”

"I recalled it carefully, the people of Beigong who left Yihuan Temple, whether male or female, did not have such a fragrance, and even the home of Zhongnanshan did not appear. This can only mean one thing, there must be a woman among the assassins. ”

Gong Ming was puzzled: "The assassin who died in the secret room was a man, and he didn't see the woman, which means that the female assassin must have committed suicide in a dark room, you continue." ”

Xing Ling continued: "I checked the corpse on the bed, there were no sword wounds on the body, but they all had one thing in common, that is, they had been pierced in the head by some kind of thin needle, piercing through the skull, and the blow was fatal. In this process, there were no traces of a fight, indicating that he had been pointed at the acupoint before his death, and he was unable to struggle at all. The Assassin first controlled everyone one by one, and then concentrated on a certain moment and killed them all with a thin needle, causing the same death. ”

Gong Ming asked, "Has the murder weapon been found?" ”

Xing Ling nodded and said, "Found it, it's this needle." ”

Handing out a small box wrapped in silk cloth, Gong Ming took it, opened it and looked at it carefully, shook his head and said: "A very ordinary needle, with a faint female fragrance on it, I can't tell who it is." Trying to find out the source of this thin needle is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, and every store in Xianyang City has it. It is basically impossible to find out the source of this needle, and the only way to trace this clue can be traced by checking the assassin who used the thin needle. ”

A few people nodded, and then Chen Jiuyan said: "I am very familiar with Yihuan Courtyard, and I have often lived in it before, and I also have my own bedroom here, so I checked where I lived." ”

"It was a sister in the room next door to me who died, and the Assassin had made a mistake in the room, indicating that he was not familiar with Yihuan Yuan and had not been here. The reason why I am so sure is because the people of Yihuan Courtyard come and go, and I should know the bedroom where the woman who is performing the song and dance live. But the Assassin didn't know it, and it only meant that he had come to the Joy House for the first time. ”

Second, the Assassin was a man who suffocated women to death by covering their noses with his powerful wrists. From the door of the room to the bed, there are clear traces of dragging, indicating that the woman experienced a violent struggle before death before her death, but she was powerless to resist until she died. These are all my sisters, they all have good martial arts, and there are even a few powerful people in them. Unable to resist them, the Assassin could only be a man, as a woman could not have used such a troublesome move. ”

Again, after the assassin had finished killing someone, he hastily covered it with a quilt and walked out without much processing. Each of the dead sisters did not take off their shoes, nor did they have any traces of tearing their clothes, nor did they even erase the word 'Chu' written by the sisters with their bloody fingers, indicating that the assassin was a reckless person who did not know how to cover up the scene. ”

Gong Ming asked seriously, "Are you sure that the blood characters left by your sisters were not forged by the assassins themselves?" ”

Chen Jiu replied affirmatively: "I'm very sure, because those 'Chu' characters are the only communication methods of Gong Ming's big brother, and in my North Palace, only Senior Sister, Senior Brother, Xiaoka and I know, and the other brothers don't understand it at all." ”

Gong Ming said, "You wait here, let me go and check it out for myself." ”

Gong Ming hurried over, and soon came out with a piece of cloth and displayed it in front of Ying Zheng and the others, and said: "Xiaojiu is right, this word 'Chu', there is a curved blood line in the middle, it is exactly the communication method I designed, and the senior sister should have seen it." ”

Chenxi gritted his teeth and said: "The assassin is from the Chu State, and this communication method is not understood by outsiders at all, and they will not imitate it. Each of these curved shapes represents a special meaning. The word 'Chu' represents the origin of the person killed. I can think that before the sisters were killed, they just wanted to use this method of interrogation to make Beigong vigilant, because they knew that outsiders might not be able to find out, but Gong Ming and I would definitely be able to find out. ”

Gong Ming said bitterly: "Please rest assured, senior sister, this matter will be handled by my younger brother, and I will definitely investigate it to the end." ”

Turning to the rest of the people, he said in a deep voice: "If you have found something, let's talk about it." ”

Nei Shi said wantonly: "It's very strange, the result of my investigation is completely different from yours, the assassin is from the Yan Kingdom. The rooms of each deceased were very clean, the shoes were neatly placed next to the bed, and the quilt was neatly covered. ”

"Lifting the quilt to check the corpses, everyone had the same sword wound on their chests, one sword was fatal, and even the blood that was about to spurt out of his mouth before he died was shocked back by the assassin with internal force. If you don't look at the wound on the chest, you can't see any traces, this is also a trick that can only be done by an old assassin who often kills people. ”

At the same time, he took a sword, displayed it in front of the people, and said, "In front of the door of one of the deceased, this sword hangs." I've also been to Yihuan Temple, and the weapons used by the people here are not so short. I live in Ganquan Palace all the year round, and I often talk to the soldiers of Yongcheng, and the refining workshop there is no stranger to me. At the same time, judging from the traces of the creation of this short sword, it can only come from the refining workshop of Yan Kingdom, and it is also a weapon that can only be used by the royal army of Yan Kingdom. ”

Qi Xiao smiled bitterly: "You think it's strange, and the few bedrooms I checked are even more strange." There were no signs of a fight, not even a single wound, and upon closer inspection, it was found that they had all died of poisoning. If you can tell it again, it is actually an overdose of Wushi San, which is poured into the mouth in a large dose at one time, causing a coma to die. ”

"We all know that among the nations, the royal family also uses it, and this kind of enjoyment can make people feel like a dream, and ordinary civilians can't afford it, because it's very expensive. I, Daqin, have made a strict order a long time ago to prevent the circulation of Wushi scattered in the country, and even if someone wants to use it, it is impossible to circulate it on a large scale. ”

"And if an assassin can use such a large number of Wushi San, there is only one possibility, he is from the Qi Kingdom. Because in the country of Qi, there are too many people who can use Wushisan, as long as you have money, you can buy it. Today, the king of Qi likes to use it very much, and many courtiers are also using it, so it is naturally widely circulated in the Qi country. In other words, the assassin was a native of Qi. ”

Wang Hengyan said: "The house I checked, there are also traces of five stones, but there are also traces of fighting, but they are not from Qi. Because the other party used a short spear, he directly slashed his throat and died, and there were still uncleaned blood stains under the bed. ”

"As far as I know, the people who widely use short spears to assassinate are the only ones who do that from the Three Jins. I don't know exactly who they are, but one thing is certain, three Assassins have appeared there. It is also a throat cut, but there are three methods, of which the depth is different, indicating that it is three different assassins, who are accustomed to using their own assassination methods to kill their targets. ”

"The three of them acted together, cooperated tacitly, had a clear division of labor, and the assassination target was very accurate. In the time of a bottle of wine, kill all the targets you have targeted, and then quickly gather in one place to assassinate the others. This process is very fast, and it is clear that only the peak masters can do it, otherwise the assassination method cannot be so sophisticated. ”

"I thought of the possibility that the Assassins, after killing their targets here, would gather together and quickly enter the secret room. In this process, Lin Sheng may have died, so the reason why they still have to enter the secret room is to disguise themselves as illusions that have never appeared. Because no matter how you think about it, the only way to kill so many people without leaving too many traces is to leave quickly, so that others think that the same person killed them. ”

"But they didn't expect that it was me, the lord of the Guigu Valley, who came to check on them, and the assassination methods of my peers in the world, which one else I was not familiar with? No matter how well it is disguised, it can't hide the habitual action of killing. If someone else had come, they wouldn't have been able to tell the depth of the short spear. ”

Gong Ming asked, "Can you tell the source of the short spear?" ”

Wang Heng shook his head and said, "I can't tell the difference, because there are a lot of peers who use short spears in the land of Sanjin. Most of those people were from military backgrounds, and they were exiled to the rivers and lakes, and were accustomed to using spears instead of swords. I only know one thing for sure, they have a deep grudge against the Qin State, and for a certain purpose, they are willing to be driven by others to achieve a greater conspiracy with an assassination in Yihuanyuan. ”

"But I'm very puzzled, who is the ultimate beneficiary of such an assassination? Even if this assassination was planned by a certain Qin State, it would damage the interests of the Qin State, and he would definitely not be willing to do so. If it was done by other countries, there was no need to assassinate Lin Sheng, people who knew Lin Sheng understood her importance to the Central Plains. ”

Everyone is confused, Ying Zheng is even more frowned, and there are many doubts, who is the ultimate beneficiary? Killing Lin Sheng is beneficial and harmless to the Central Plains. No matter how hostile they were, Yan Dan, Zhao Qian and others, they would not have planned such a stupid assassination.

An unknown female assassin, plus six male assassins, Chu Yan, Han, Zhao and Wei Qi were all involved, and the mystery became deeper and deeper, confusing, and there was no useful clue at all.

Gong Ming said, "Xiao An, tell me what you found." ”

After coming out of the corpse, Yi'an behaved very quietly, as if he was thinking about something. Gong Ming waited for her for a long time, but didn't see her speak, so he had to ask her in person.

Ian raised his head and said, "I don't know whether to say it or not, or to say it in another place." ”

Gong Ming opened his eyes, revealing a clear meaning, but thinking that the people who died were all from the North Palace, Gong Ming said in a deep voice: "As long as it doesn't involve more than eight concubines in the palace, you can just say that if anything happens, I will bear it with all my might, and I am not afraid of offending people." ”

Yi An sighed and said, "The assassins are from all over the world, so naturally one of them will be from Qin, and I have already found out who that person is. ”

"In the houses I checked, the dead were all pierced through the throat, and killed with a single sword. The scene is well disguised, familiar with all the environments in the room, any arrangement in the room remains the same, and there is no trace of a fight. ”

"But the assassin is still negligent, that is my existence, I am too familiar with that swordcraft. I live in the ranch every day, and every day someone uses that kind of swordsmanship against the scarecrow, and I see it every day, and even I will do it. After watching it for a long time, Sister Ling Yu thought I liked it, so she taught me that set of swordsmanship, and told me that it was the Nie family's swordsmanship that would only be used by the Nie family, and it didn't hurt to teach me, anyway, Zhong He is the future master of the Zhong Palace, and the master of the Zhong Hall will use the Nie family's swordsmanship, which is not an exaggeration at all. ”

"Just because he is too familiar, from the strength of the assassin's hand and the trajectory of the long sword, he is clearly a peak beginner master. Naturally, I know such people and deal with them a lot. And in the past two days, he has disappeared, and Sister Zero Yu has come to look for me and asked me if I know where he went? Ling Yu is in a hurry, without him, the Nie family's training will be a bit chaotic, and if they want to redeploy manpower, it will delay many training plans. ”

"Because he is the instructor of the Nie family, he is also a member of the Zhong Palace, and he is also the liaison between the ranch and the Zhong Palace, and many external tasks on both sides will be carried out by him. This person is none other than the third person in the Nie family, the Nie family's silver and bronze. The person who assassinated Lin Sheng, Yin and Bronze must have been involved, and he did not come back, indicating that he should be dead. And the assassin lying in the secret room should be him. ”

"Brother Gong Ming, am I right?"

The range that the master can sense is naturally different, Yi An is the peak of the high-grade, Gong Ming and Mi Xiao are the peak of the best, and naturally can feel all the situations in the secret room. As for the secret room, Yi An has never been there, and even if he can vaguely sense the two corpses, he can't tell who it is.

Gong Ming said in a deep voice: "Yes, in addition to the dead Lin Sheng in the secret room, there is another person who is the Nie family's silver and bronze. ”

Why is Silver Bronze involved? Another mystery.