After hearing about the Capital Outskirts fire, Suotu immediately asked, "Is there a Taoist Temple on the mountain where the fire broke out?"
"If you reply to Lord Suo, that's right!"
Suotu waved his hand. "You go down first, the emperor has made his own decision!"
"Suotu, do you have anything to tell me?"
Looking at Guards who retreated, Chu Jinghui said.
"Your Majesty, I forgive my incompetence!" Suotu said as he knelt down.
"Please tell me slowly!"
Suotu said, "Your Majesty, this matter cannot be delayed. I think that if we don't send people there, all the people there will escape."
"Why?"
"When I was patrolling the city today, I caught two guards making trouble, but after some interrogation, I discovered a shocking secret."
"What is the shocking secret?" Chu Jinghui was stunned for a moment.
He knows very well about Suotu.
Such exaggerated words are definitely not his usual style.
"Although those two people are escorts for Northern Liang Princess Nazhen, their true identities are Shadow Guards of Wei Sizhong."
As soon as he heard this, Chu Jinghui stood up from his chair.
"Are you serious about this?"
Wei Sizhong has followed Chu Jinghui for more than ten years, and all the people used by Chancellor's Residence are on the list. Moreover, in order to avoid suspicion, Wei Sizhong used nearly a hundred people less than the number specified.
Such actions have always made Chu Jinghui feel at ease.
But now, this Suotu actually raised this Wei Sizhong secretly, Shadow Guards?
Chu Jinghui knew that Suotu never exaggerated, so he said, "Go on."
"According to the order!"
Suotu responded, and then continued, "According to Shadow Guards's account, in recent years, the number of Shadow Guardss raised by Wei Sizhong's subordinates has reached 3,000, and they are all kept secretly in Capital Outskirts and Taoist Temple."
Suotu paused, and then continued, "I have received some reports that someone has inadvertently entered the Taoist Temple and found something suspicious."
"I am going to Dingguo Marquis Residence this time. I intend to report this matter to the Emperor and ask the Emperor to make a decision."
"At this time of turmoil, I am afraid that if I am not careful, I will miss everything, so I go straight to Dingguo Marquis Residence."
At this time, Chu Jinghui said through the interface, "However, you never expected that someone was ahead of you, and a clever assassin assassinated me, so that you had no time to care about anything outside the city."
"Then, he secretly transferred the suspicious person among Taoist Temple, and finally set fire to the mountain in an attempt to destroy all traces!"
Suotu said coldly, "What the emperor said is absolutely true!"
"But I think this move is very likely to be a pretense on their part."
"What's the implication?"
"Your Majesty, although Taoist Temple is in Capital Outskirts, it is still very close to the city. If there are really three thousand people and horses, how can such a large number of people come and go, how can they completely hide their traces?"
"Therefore, I think that among those Taoist Temple, there might be Secret Passage, who had already hid in the secret passage before they set the mountain on fire."
Chu Jinghui said, "These words are very popular with me! When everything calms down, those people can go down the mountain separately and go to a more private place."
"Suotu, you go to Valiant Cavalry Camp with my will, and together with Capital Prefecture Yin, lead the troops to the place where the fire broke out. First put out the fire and then seal all the ways in and out of the mountain."
"My lord, I obey the order!"
Suotu followed the order and left. As soon as Imperial City came out, he saw a ball of paper falling to the ground.
He immediately leaned over to pick it up, unfolded it and saw that there were only a few words on it.
"After investigation, no one has been found coming out of the mountain."
Suotu put the paper ball in his palm again and twisted it into a ball. After a moment, when he opened his palm again, the paper ball was now a pile of powder.
When the wind blows, they scatter in all directions.
Suotu kept walking, took the reins of the mount from his entourage, and then left.
And by the time he led his troops and the Valiant Cavalry Camp soldier arrived at the building where Volcano had lost its pulse, Bu Er had already left there in advance with the Dark Alliance's brothers.
"Everyone, listen up. Let's put out the fire first. After the fire is put out, we will search the mountain from beginning to end, and don't miss any corner."
"Especially, the one on the mountain Taoist Temple!"
The soldiers took the order and left.
Capital City, Celestial Prison
Since the last Chu Jinghui sent out Wrath of Thunder and executed a group of jailers who neglected their duties, this Celestial Prison has been guarded so airtight that not even a fly can fly in.
At this time, a new prisoner was admitted to the side of the prison where Wei Sizhong was being held.
After the jailer put him in the cell, locked him and left, the unkempt prisoner carefully looked around, then leaned on the cell fence and said to Wei Sizhong, "My lord, my lord!"
Wei Sizhong heard the sound, turned around, looked at the man carefully, and took a deep breath. "You, why are you in jail?"
This person was originally a third-rank official in the imperial court, responsible for the allocation of grain and grass in Beijing.
In the eyes of outsiders, this person has always been taciturn and kind to others, and he will definitely do what he is told to do well.
Therefore, it has won the recognition of important officials from all sides in the DPRK and China.
However, no one would have thought that this person was a hidden object that Wei Sizhong deliberately arranged in that inconspicuous place many years ago.
Now, he never expected that he would see his subordinate here and now.
"Sir, the young one risked his life to come in and deliver a letter to you."
After listening to his words, Wei Sizhong subconsciously looked around and found that no one was paying attention to them, so he said, "Sit down and talk, don't let anyone find out the clues."
The man followed the instructions and quickly left the fence and sat down against the wall. He wanted to speak, but it was inappropriate to think about it.
At that moment, he picked up the straw spread on the floor of the cell, used the straw as a pen, and made strokes on the ground one by one.
He was not writing fast, Wei Sizhong could see clearly through the fence.
"Sir, Taoist Temple is on fire."
Just six words, but it made Wei Sizhong's face change drastically.
Taoist Temple contains all the hard work he has accumulated over the past ten years!
Now, it has been burned in that fire!
"Are you serious about this?"
Wei Sizhong's mouth moved, but the other person could see clearly.
"It's absolutely true." He gestured on the ground twice more.
Wei Sizhong closed his eyes, and his whole person became decadent in an instant, as if someone had suddenly sucked the life out of him.
Seeing that Wei Sizhong was silent, the man held up the straw and made gestures on the ground a few more times.
"No brothers were injured or killed, sir, please relax."
However, Wei Sizhong saw Taoist Temple catching fire, and with his always cautious temperament, he had already guessed the reason for this action.
It seemed that he would not be able to get over this hurdle this time no matter what.
After thinking about this, Wei Sizhong suddenly opened his eyes. "If possible, you must find a way to escape from this cage, the sooner the better!"
"My lord..."
The man was about to say something more, and then someone outside heard a loud voice. "Imperial Edict is here!"
Wei Sizhong Hearing this, his body trembled and he looked outside the cell door.
There, there was a person coming slowly.
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