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Chapter 43: Wuji

Jiedian Shop was the later pawn shop. Although Jiedian Shop in Yuanzhuang was in Hanyang, Li Weizheng did not go to search immediately. He crossed the river by boat and returned to Wuchang first.

It was already dark, and as soon as I entered the door, I happened to meet Yang Ning and wanted to go out. Li Weizheng quickly called him, "Yang Ning, I already have a clue."

"Fifth brother, I want to tell you too! I have done three things you told me, and the fourth one has a look."

"Okay! OK!" Li Weizheng said yes twice in excitement, and then said to Yang Ning: "Let's go back to the room and talk slowly, and then discuss the strategies behind it."

When he returned to the room, Li Wei was closing the door and smiled at Yang Ning and said, "You talk first."

"According to the order of the fifth brother, I spent 500 cents of money to ask the ruffians on the streets of Wuchang to investigate the people on my list. At night, there was news. I found their place, the King of Jin, Lan Yu Group and Yu Ping, and more than a dozen Jinyiwei lieutenants have also found their traces. I guess there will be definite news today."

"Is there any news about Zhao Wuji, the King of Qin?" Li Weizheng was most concerned about him.

Yang Ning shook his head, and Li Weizheng couldn't help but fall into deep thought. Logically, he should have come long ago, and he must be investigating the cause of his death. Li Weizheng always had an inexplicable vigilance towards Zhao Wuji, as if he would appear in front of him at any time. Not only was the horror in the small inn that day, but also in the assassination of the prince of Dingyuan County, this person's step-by-step plan was really terrifying. This person should be the biggest opponent in the Wuchang battle.

Thinking of this, he immediately said in a deep voice: "We are divided into two groups. I will investigate the whereabouts of the Yan family. You can continue to look for Zhao Wuji, don't be limited to the inn. I suspect that he, like us, also rented a private house."

"I understand." Yang Ning remembered what Li Wei said just now when he was entering the door, and asked quickly: "Fifth brother said there were clues. Is it just referring to that letter?"

Li Weizheng smiled and nodded, "By chance, I got a little clue and went to Hanyang immediately tomorrow morning."























There is a century-old house in an alley called Bianjing Lane south of Wuchang City. I don’t know whose assets it is. The house is on the back street and the door is closed all day long, which is difficult to attract attention. But ten days ago, someone saw a group of people living in the old house. He thought the old house would have some vitality, but unexpectedly, these people were like mud cows entering the sea, silently, which made the old house even more weird.

There is a room in the middle of the house, with doors and windows closed all day long. That night, two black shadows hurried across the yard and whispered a few words in front of the door. The door opened and a black shadow flashed into the door.

The lights in the house were dim, and there was only a row of tables by the window, making the whole room look empty. In the middle of the house, there was a chair alone. At this moment, there was a person sitting on the chair. He was about forty years old, wearing a white Confucian robe, with a thin face and a very pale face, as if he had lived in the darkness for many years. His eyes were slender and cold and sharp eyes were revealed in the gaps of his eyes, but the most eye-catching thing was his nose. A sarcoma the size of a broad bean was growing on the right side of a hook nose, just like a meat bag hanging from a vulture's head, which made people dare not look directly at it.

He is the most mysterious of the three major aides of the Qin King. He never showed up in public, and no one knew his real name. In this operation, he was named Zhao Wuji, a tea merchant in Taiyuan. He has been to Wuchang for ten days. Like all his competitors, they have gained nothing. The family member named stole the letter suddenly evaporated from the world.

At this moment, Zhao Wuji seemed a little restless. After successfully ambushing the subordinates of the King of Qi, they immediately set off for Wuchang. However, when they left, they accidentally found two strangers approaching the scene of throwing the body. They were cautious, so he sent two killers to kill the two of them. He did not take this matter seriously at first, but now he suddenly realized that something was wrong. The killer only came back, but the other disappeared. He immediately sent someone to Yangluo Town to investigate the situation. The pigeon letter sent by the pigeon showed that the matter was serious.

"Chief, Zhao Wu is back."

Zhao Wuji had thirteen men, from Zhao Da to Zhao Shisan. The missing killer was Zhao Qi. Zhao Wuji was excited and immediately ordered: "Let him come in."

A moment later, a man in black walked into the room. He was Zhao Wu, about thirty years old, with a pancake face, a garlic nose, a short figure, and a poor appearance. Although he looked very ordinary, he was the most careful and capable person of the thirteen. He went into the house and knelt down and said in a deep voice: "Report to the leader, Zhao Qi is dead."

Zhao Wuji's death was expected by Zhao Wuji. He also received the Gexin in advance. He was concerned about who Zhao Qi was killed, "Who was killed?"

But Zhao Wu's answer surprised him, "Report to the leader, I have investigated the person who killed him for three days and found nothing."

Zhao Wuji restrained his inner shock and said slowly: "Tell me all the information you know, and no word is allowed to be missed."

"Yes!" Zhao Wu sorted out his thoughts and said, "I went to find the 'package' first, but it has never appeared since he disappeared on the day of his sale to us. I guess he is also in danger. Later, I asked which house in the town had an abnormal situation, etc., and finally, I learned from a prostitute that the shopkeeper of a low-level inn was missing for several days. I found the wife of the shopkeeper, and she told the truth. A murder occurred in one of their special guest rooms, including the shopkeeper, and a total of two people died. Because she found hundreds of coins at the scene, she did not report the case after burying the body. Unfortunately, one of them was our Zhao Qi."

When Zhao Wu said this, he couldn't help but sigh softly, feeling sad for the death of his brother. Zhao Wuji had no expression on his face. He continued to ask: "I want to know what clues you found."

"Report to the leader, I stayed in the inn where Lao Qi was killed for three days, including studying Lao Qi's cause of death. I found this from his head." Zhao Wu spread his palms, and there were three extremely ordinary steel needles in his hand.

"What then?" Zhao Wuji asked again without saying a word.

"Then I asked a few more secret prostitutes. They said that two young men who led the horse came that night. Because it was night, they didn't see clearly, and the shopkeeper's wife didn't see anyone at all. Later, I searched for all the information in the room, but the other party did not leave anything. Judging from the damage in the room, there should be a fight. The other party was two people, one kicked the wall to attract Lao Qi's attention. The person who killed Lao Qi took the opportunity to shoot a steel needle from the window. In addition, Lao Qi's crossbow had been fired, but no crossbow arrows were found at the scene. It can be seen that one of them was injured. Later, I checked the inn's registration book without any information from them."

"Wait!" Zhao Wuji interrupted him, "You said that there is no information on the inn registration book. What's going on? Is it because the inn does not register for the road indices?"

"Reporting to the leader, I also asked the shopkeeper's wife before I knew that their low-level inns like them would be free of road guides as long as they were paid. There was also a reserved room, which was very good and hidden. It was specially used for desperados who were in charge of the case, and they could make some special transactions inside, right!"

Zhao Wu suddenly remembered something and hurriedly reported: "I heard from the shopkeeper's wife that the shopkeeper brought them a business news the night before. The shopkeeper got a lot of money, which shows that they had a lot of money."

"I understand!" Zhao Wuji waved his hand, "You have worked hard all the way, go and have a rest!"

"Yes!" Zhao Wuxing bowed and retreated.

"Zhao Da!" Zhao Wuji turned around and said in a desperate attempt.

A burly man bowed and said, "I'm here!"

"I will give you three brothers. No matter what method you use, you must find these two people for me within seven days and get rid of them for me."

"Subordinate to obey the order!"

Zhao Da also retreated, and at this time, Zhao Wuji was the only one left in the room. He walked to the window with his hands behind his back, with a lot of doubts in his eyes. It was obvious that these two young people were most likely participants in the competition for letters. Being able to kill Zhao Qi, the third-ranked martial arts among the thirteen people, means that they are extraordinary, and the "Bao Talking Inquiry" must have died at their hands. In fact, he was also planning to kill Bao Talking Inquiry, just to get more information, and let him go for the time being, but unexpectedly someone took action first.

Although Zhao Wu did not find the information of these two people, Zhao Wuji inferred their situation from all kinds of clues. He leaned down to avoid being induced. In the small shop, he showed that this person was experienced at the bottom; he spent a lot of money to buy information and then killed the bag to inquire, which shows that he was cruel and decisive; he was able to kick the wall to cooperate with him to kill Zhao Qi, which shows that he was keen and wise. In the end, he could take away all the items but he could leave hundreds of stagnants of money to the store, which shows that his thinking was careful. In this way, these two people were his strong enemies, but who sent them?

Zhao Wuji walked slowly in the room with his hands behind his back. Judging from the information he has at present, the prince Zhu Biao sent the most powerful guard chief to lead fifty people, Lan Yu sent a thousand households to lead 500 troops to search everywhere, and the people sent by King Jing of Qi had been killed by him, which is not worth worrying. In addition, King Zhu Gang of Jin (it should be Mu Jiagang, if the word cannot be displayed, so Gang will be replaced), King Zhu Zhen of Chu also sent people to participate, and there were even Jinyiwei, and their shadows appeared in Wuchang City, but he did not take these forces to heart. They were all in the open, but the real terrible thing was the person hiding in the dark, that is, the power of the King of Yan that he had always worried about has not appeared yet, and now two young people have emerged out of thin air. Are they the ones sent by the King of Yan?

But no matter how many forces are involved, everyone's intention is the same, to seize the letter, which is the key to the problem. He now has only twelve people, and his power is a little weak. To get this letter, he must know how to use it. Zhao Wuji put the notes with other six people written on the table, staring for a while, and finally his eyes fell on the notes with the King of Chu.

"A strong dragon cannot defeat the local snake"




















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