Chapter Seventy-Seven: Peeling Back the Thread

Liu Han saw the shadow of the flying sword talisman from the smooth wound, and saw the traces of the Hidden Immortal Gate, if he changed someone, even if he knew the Hidden Immortal Gate, he would not be able to see the clues from the wound, if it wasn't for the fact that time had passed too long, he would know the cause of Fang Zhen's death at a glance.

Whether it is a flying sword talisman or other spirit runes, killing and injuring the enemy, there will be a thin layer of aura left at the wound, when he killed Shi Ping, he also cut off a layer of the wound in the shortest time, that is, that time, he saw the appearance of the wound of the flying sword talisman, which was exactly the same as the wound of Fang Zhen and the five guards.

"It seems that Gang Leader Fang didn't tell you," Liu Han sighed and said solemnly: "Gang Leader Fang definitely didn't die in an ordinary assassination, it can even be said that Xiao Lan is not the mastermind, and the other person is the real murderer." ”

Mrs. Fang still didn't understand, she didn't cultivate, and she didn't know much about the things on the rivers and lakes, but she understood that the person who killed Fang Zhen had a special background.

"I haven't been to the scene to see it, and it can be inferred from the wound situation that there can be two ways, first, he was attacked by Xiao Lan first, and then counterattacked, but the opponent's strength exceeded his imagination, so he couldn't go;

Second, he is fighting the murderer, and Xiao Lan is sneaking up behind, but in this case, there is a problem that is difficult to explain, once he makes a move, the Fang gang leader will quickly find out that the opponent is a person from the Hidden Immortal Sect, at this time he should take defensive actions, and it is impossible to explain how his knife was broken.

Therefore, I tend to the first one, the Fang gang leader was attacked by Xiao Lan first, and fought back on the verge of death, but the other party's cultivation exceeded his imagination, so the knife was broken.

Looking at the other five people, these five people are all beheaded with a sword, since these five people can be selected from the tens of thousands of brothers in the Cao Gang, they must be the elite of the gang, and their cultivation is naturally good, but they don't have the slightest resistance, so they cut their heads with a sword.

In this way, there are only two reasons left, the other side sent a lot of people, but the problem is, I checked their bodies, there are no other injuries, it's hard to say that the other side sent a lot of people,"

"Yes, I've heard that, there aren't many traces of fighting now. Mrs. Fang interjected, she looked at Liu Han's eyes brighter and brighter, but her expression was very solemn.

"Since this is the case, then there is only one possibility, that is, there are only two or three murderers, and their cultivation is above the grandmaster," Liu Han said this, and shook his head again: "It's still not right, I know a kind of battle formation, five warrior cultivators, can resist the attack of the lower grade grandmaster, even if they can't hurt the enemy, they can protect themselves, so..."

Mrs. Liu Han looked at Mrs. Fang and said word by word: "There are only two enemies, one is Xiao Lan, and the other is the other person, this person has an extraordinary background, and his cultivation is even more extraordinary, he can fight with the gang leader while killing the other five brothers, in front of him, the five brothers died before they even had time to react." ”

Madam Fang gasped, Fang Zhen's cultivation was above the Grandmaster, and the other party was actually able to fight against Fang Zhen on the one hand, and he could also kill the five guards in addition.

This cultivation is really incredible!!

Liu Han took a sip of water, looking at the gradually whitening sky, the courtyard was filled with a faint fragrance of flowers, he felt a little emotion in his heart, no wonder Qingling didn't take secular people in his eyes at all, a grandmaster, a hero, a generation of heroes, disappeared like this, and the fate of other ordinary people can be imagined!!

Mrs. Fang looked at Liu Han blankly, her mood was very complicated, no wonder Fang Zhen handed over the affairs of the imperial capital to him at the beginning, but unfortunately Fang Zhen couldn't fully trust him, restricting his talents.

"What is the Hidden Immortal Gate?" asked Madam Fang with a frown.

Liu Han shook his head slightly: "Madame, it's not that I don't tell you, it's because I don't know the details, the four words of the Hidden Immortal Gate are what I heard by chance, and then on the desert, I saw it once, I was hiding behind the sand, when the two people from the Hidden Immortal Gate were fighting, the tricks used, I couldn't understand it at all, I saw a sword and a fork fighting in the air, they didn't add their fists and feet like us, just standing there, the sword and fork flew around in the sky, just like two people fighting back and forth. ”

Liu Han sighed, Mrs. Fang was dumbfounded, she was smart and thoughtful, but she had seen and heard too little about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and she had no power to restrain the chicken, and she had no experience in the rivers and lakes, so what did she know about the hidden immortals.

"Madam, I still have a question," Liu Han hesitated, looked at Mrs. Fang bluntly and asked, Mrs. Fang did not react, still in shock.

Halfway through, Mrs. Fang came to her senses and asked a little flustered, "What did you say?"

"Generally, there is a purpose behind such actions, they are obviously not to eliminate the Cao Gang, but just to deal with the Fang Gang leader, then, I can guess that there must be someone in the gang who echoes them, madam, has there been any fluctuation in the gang recently?"

After hearing this, Mrs. Fang was shocked, she slowly calmed down, and nodded after a little thought: "Brother Liu's guess is right, since the withdrawal from the imperial capital, especially after the war between Fengyulou and Wang Xu, there are many people in the gang who want to return to the imperial capital, and the first husband is resolutely opposed; ”

Liu Han frowned slightly, sighed in his heart, and Mrs. Fang continued: "The first husband thinks that no matter whether the wind and rain tower is won or defeated, going north, the time to return to the imperial capital is not ripe, and the gang withdrew from the imperial capital, not because we can't beat the wind and rain building, but because the palace wants us to withdraw; ”

Speaking of this, Mrs. Fang sighed deeply, Liu Han understood, there were also contradictions within the Cao Gang, but were these contradictions the reason why that person killed Fang Zhen?

He wasn't sure, who in the Cao Gang had a disagreement with Fang Zhen? He sighed and shook his head slightly.

"What's wrong?" Mrs. Fang was very sensitive and immediately asked.

Liu Han smiled bitterly: "I still don't know much about the Cao Gang, alas, madam, that's all for today's words, don't easily trust outsiders, including Fang Shao's helpmaster, especially about the Hidden Immortal Gate, don't say these four words, well, I suggest you find time to talk to the young helper, as for the others, don't touch them for the time being." ”

Mrs. Fang nodded slightly: "Thank you, Brother Liu." ”

Liu Han got up and saluted: "Madam, it's not too late, I'm going to say goodbye." Mrs. Fang frowned slightly, and wanted to say hello, but when she looked up and saw that the sky was gradually brightening, she didn't open her mouth again.

Liu Han didn't alarm anyone else out of the backyard, Ye Xiu met on the way, and the two quietly arrived at Lin Huai's tea stall, at this moment the sky was bright, Lin Huai's stall sold tea and also sold some pastries and breakfast, including buns and noodles, but it was only sold until noon, and as soon as noon passed, he only sold tea, and no one knew how he developed this quirk.

Ye Xiu didn't know why she came here, she ate the noodles silently, to be honest, the taste of Jiangnan is very different from the taste of the north, when she first arrived, she was very unaccustomed to it, but now she is gradually getting used to it.

Lin Huai didn't notice anything, he just looked at Ye Xiu carefully.

"Fang Zhen died strangely," Liu Han wiped his mouth: "I want to know the arrangement of the Cao Gang in the palace, I need some information." ”

Lin Huai nodded, Fang Zhen's death shook Jiangnan, it was impossible for the palace not to pay attention, there was already an order to find out the cause of Fang Zhen's death.

"You send this up. Liu Han handed him the written note, and Lin Huai still took it silently and quickly put it down.

"Let's talk about it. Liu Han picked up the teacup and said casually.

"No," Lin Huai replied casually, "My people are only in the Salt Chamber of Commerce and the Thorn Mansion, and they have not responded. ”

Liu Han frowned slightly, what kind of person is Fang Zhen, the sect master cultivates, the power of Jiangnan, controls tens of thousands of gangs of the Cao Gang, and controls the canal and waterway south of Pengcheng, the death of such a person actually did not cause fluctuations in officialdom and shopping malls.

"No," Liu Han shook his head and said, "There is no normal reaction from the Thorn Shi Mansion, but the Salt Chamber of Commerce does not, which is a bit abnormal." ”

Lin Huai nodded: "What you said is that most of their salt was transported out by the Cao Gang, so it shouldn't be unresponsive." ”

"There is a possibility that they have reached an agreement with the Cao Gang and know that their interests will not be affected, and the other possibility is that your inside line has been exposed. Liu Han's expression was indifferent, and he lightly revealed the essence of the matter.

Lin Huai thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I'm sure that he wasn't exposed, some time ago, the Salt Industry Chamber of Commerce's countermeasures for Gu Wei's auction were also reported." ”

After Lin Huai finished speaking, he shook his head again and said with certainty: "Not exposed." ”

Liu Han thought for a moment and nodded in acknowledgment of Lin Huai's judgment.

"I need the internal intelligence of the Cao Gang," Liu Han sighed, it was very strange, in the list left by Gu Shuo, there were no people inside the Cao Gang, this only shows that the palace is in the Cao Gang's internal line, which is a separate system, and it is not under the jurisdiction of the Yangzhou Internal Guard, of course, this is also another possibility, after the palace noticed that something happened to the Yangzhou Internal Guard, the newly deployed manpower in the Cao Gang was not handed over to Gu Shuo.

Lin Huai shrugged, his main task was to stay in hiding, and the two people under him were still developing on their own, and strictly speaking, they still violated the orders of the palace.

Due to the development of two downlines, Lin Huai has been relatively nervous until some time ago, after Liu Han came, he gave him a silver ticket of three thousand taels of silver and asked him to subsidize his subordinates.

"How many days will the news arrive?" Liu Han asked again, Lin Huai thought for a while: "If the palace receives the news, send it out immediately, about five days, if ,... , then I don't know. ”

"Five days?" Liu Han pondered and shook his head slightly: "It's too slow." ”

Lin Huai didn't answer, this was actually very fast, Liu Han motioned to Ye Xiu: "Her name is Yun Gu, in a few days, she will come to contact you, and you give her the things." ”

"Good. Lin Huai didn't ask why, this is the basic quality of an old internal guard.

Ye Xiu didn't open her mouth from beginning to end, just lowered her head to eat noodles, and after eating, she drank tea silently, and only then looked up at Lin Huai at this moment, Lin Huai nodded at her, and she also nodded in response.

Liu Han dropped a few copper plates and got up to leave, Ye Xiu was still sitting there drinking tea, and after a while, he got up to leave.