[Slow Travel] Assassin System - Mingguang

In Xiangping, Liaodong, the so-called West Market is actually a market for buying and selling people and livestock.

Here, cows, horses, pigs, sheep, cats, dogs and servants are equal in status. They are either kept in cages or surrounded by railings. They are docile and numb carved out of a mold, and they are judged according to the rules, maybe occasionally There are one or two outliers, but they are always quickly pulled away by the merchants, without affecting customers and other products. 7K 妏敩

In the Dazhao society, there is a class of servants and servants. They do not only serve the royal relatives and relatives, but exist widely in the society, accepting the enslavement of "good people" and above.

It seems that since human beings have social concepts, people have always been keen to enslave the same kind, whether they are slaves or domestic servants, in Miao Xuan's view, they are all equal to slaves.

The source of slaves and maidservants in Jokhang can be roughly divided into three categories, one is from human trafficking, the other is the descendants of domestic slave families, and the third is people who have been sentenced by the government and lost their status as "good citizens" because of crimes.Among these three categories, the first category occupies the largest proportion. Not only that, this category can also be subdivided into "legal" and "illegal"...

As the youngest son of a prince with a different surname and the youngest grandson of a princess, Mu Fengyang is used to enslaving others. He has never visited the human market, and when he stepped into the market in the West Market, only disgust arose in his heart. and dislike.

Mu Fengyang's habit of buying and selling is that traffickers bring people to the palace. Those "commodities" are all in good condition, neatly dressed, handsome, and well-behaved. Even those male and female servants who have been trained with special skills , also know etiquette, not to be annoying.

But what about the Liaoxi City?There were only crude shacks, and various merchants and buyers burrowed in and out of them. The spring rain melted the ice and snow, so the low-lying West Market suffered a great disaster, and the ground was covered with mud soaked in dirty snow and water. It was filled with the stench of a pigsty, everything was dark and dirty, without any vitality that Haruhi should have.

Mu Fengyang casually rode his horse in the mud. The only person he could keep his eyes on was the commander, but the guards were also walking with their heads down, looking very focused. He probably hated this West City too, right?

The guards don't like to use slaves, this is something that all Qilin guards know well - as the commander of the Qilin guards, he also has a huge fortune, but Lan Xuan has no maids and servants by his side, he will always be alone In the future, either go to various places to kill demons and eliminate demons, or live in the Qilin guard, or live in the imperial palace according to the order...

Arrived at the destination, this is a place similar to a restaurant, it should be the most upscale place in the entire West City, there was already a Qilin guard waiting to guard the door, Miao Xuan handed over the horse to him, and then brought Mu Fengyang up upstairs.

The person in charge of guarding the clues is the reliable Tang Tongzhi. Old Tang stared at a pair of dark circles. Behind him sat two women and a man, all huddled. The younger woman was disfigured, and the older woman was crippled. , the only man was old, his face was as pale as a ghost.

The three of them had been educated by the rich and noble, and when they saw Miao Xuan, they knew that the master was coming, so they almost knelt down together and waited for the master's order without saying a word.

"Get up!" Old Tang was well aware of the temper of the guard, he patted the table impatiently, and said directly to his boss, "Forgive me, the guard, I will only find these three , At that time, a total of 36 people were released, 28 people were confirmed dead, and the whereabouts of the other five people could not be found.”

Apparently, Tang Tongzhi had already asked a round of questions. He knew the situation of these three people like the palm of his hand, and handed the paperwork in his hand to Miao Xuan: "This young girl is called Yuemei, and she once served the king of the small county, and her voice is poisonous and hoarse; The woman's husband's surname is Zhao, and she was cut and washed in the small kitchen in the inner courtyard. Not only her legs, but also the bones of her hands were broken; .”

Frowning, Miao Xuan flipped through the document, which recorded the list that was issued and purchased at the beginning. Besides, there were also servants who had already been confirmed dead. suffered varying degrees of beatings.

The speed of human trafficking is quite fast, and Qilinwei can find so many people in such a short period of time is already very good, but these three people have been treated cruelly, and the only one who can speak is a woman.

If you want language communication, you can only choose this woman. Miao Xuan looked at her directly: "Your husband's family name is Zhao?"

The woman knelt down again, she opened her mouth, her voice was hoarse like iron scraping: "Master, yes."

This sister-in-law Zhao also knows a few words. Although she is afraid, but probably because she has been interrogated once, what she said is still in order. In the straightforward narration, she confessed to Miao Xuan very frankly cause of things.

Three months ago, there was a huge dispute within the Liaodong king's family. The princess had a falling out with the prince because of something, and then the little princess sided with his mother, and the little princess was too young to keep it in the dark.

On a certain day two months ago, the small kitchen in the inner courtyard was found to have put a chronic poison in the soup of the princess, so the princess broke out, and conducted a thorough investigation in the palace. The thirty or so people who were sold away were considered lucky. After all, they had such a friendship with the master's family and survived. As for the rest of the servants, they basically died of beatings and overdose. potion.

Miao Xuan can easily distinguish the authenticity of other people's words by relying on mental power. Mrs. Zhao is just an ordinary person. She is no different from transparent in front of Miao Xuan. Every word she says is indeed true. It also contained some of her own speculations, such as the "something", she guessed that the prince was raising a concubine and wanted to raise an illegitimate child to replace the little prince.

But now it seems that this conjecture must be incorrect. There was a demon in the past, and Jin Yiwei spies in the future. It is difficult to hide the illegitimate child of King Ruoyou of Liaodong, and the princess of Liaodong is notoriously jealous. Her natal family is powerful. Concubines and servants are pregnant, and they either have an abortion or sell them off.

Husband and wife dispute over an illegitimate child?It's not necessary at all, she just sells people out, anyway, she has been doing this for many years, and Dong Wang has nothing to do with her.

The identity of the King of Liaodong is very embarrassing. He was expelled because of the dislike and fear of the former emperor. Every year, Jin Yiwei and Xiju "visit" because he is afraid of being imprisoned, and he has many aristocratic families who have people in the court.

Miao Xuan recalled the evidence collection in the past few days. He had indeed been to the concubine's natal family, which was a big family second only to the Qi family. It is precisely because of this that they are also most wary of the Qilin Guard's coming.

But even so, Miao Xuan also detected some real emotions and thoughts. For example, the family had a grudge against the princess of Liaodong. For example, in the dispute between the princess and the prince, the prince, who had always been weak, won The support of the princess's natal family.

The second problem is chronic poisoning. Poisoning is of course a very serious and dangerous incident, but Liaodong Palace has dealt with nearly a hundred people because of this!

This is a terrifying number, because before the poison incident, there were only about 300 servants in the Liaodong Palace. This time, one-third of them were dealt with at one time, and all those who were sold were dealt with harshly. People think of something.

In fact, Miao Xuan already had a rough guess and a conclusion in his heart, but he was very unwilling to tell the truth and get involved in this shitty matter. It has been more than 20 years. All that's left is to quickly kill the target and leave.

However, it is impossible that there are no people from the West Bureau in Xiangping, Liaodong, and it is very likely that a few "dead people" have been taken away from this group of slaves. The Qilin Guard was forced to investigate this point. If you pretend to be confused, that's no longer possible.

Mu Fengyang silently guarded the guard's side and rear. He still knows how to measure when handling official business, especially in this kind of interrogation. He can neither disturb the guard's questioning, but also must guard the safety of the guard... …

Although the latter is most likely not necessary.

Mu Fengyang was thinking about the possible secrets of the Liaodong King's extermination case, when he suddenly heard the supervisor ask: "Then what about the follow-up of the chronic poison incident? How is the Liaodong Princess' health?"

The woman didn't know that she was not on duty in the small kitchen at all on the day of the crime, but she was also implicated. She was directly locked up by the guards of the palace, and finally suffered a lot of beatings before being drugged and paid for. No one interrogated her, and she saw and heard the ins and outs of the matter when she was drugged and sold, and since she was locked up, she has never seen any master.

Mu Fengyang was surprised to find that the guard seemed to have expected this answer. He sighed and told Tang Tong: "Do you still remember the layout of the murder in the palace? The princess's courtyard was locked, and she herself died on the couch." , seems to be recuperating, but the prescriptions and medicinal materials that can be found are all soothing."

"Not only that, the concubine's courtyard is very large but there are almost no servants. There are only 25 guards outside the courtyard. There is only one maid serving the concubine, but the most unloved concubine room has four maids."

Mu Fengyang was startled. He looked at the guard and Tang Tongzhi. Seeing the two people looking at each other tacitly, he immediately understood that they both wanted to go together—the princess might not be recovering from illness, but was grounded and presided over the investigation. Probably not the princess, but someone else, this so-called chronic poison...

"But the concubine's mother clan is strong, how could they agree..." Tang Tongzhi's back was dripping with cold sweat, "Yes, they support the King of Liaodong!"

If this conjecture is true, then this set of logic is also smooth. After all, aristocratic families are always extremely efficient when making choices. As for daughters, there are plenty of them in the family.

Tang Tongzhi immediately thought of the so-called feud between husband and wife, what kind of trouble would it take to make everyone in the mansion know about it?It also involves the princess's natal family-this is not just a family matter!The big families in Liaodong have long had a tacit understanding, and the one who can stand behind this silent alliance can only be Youjitai.

The Qi family and the King of Liaodong! ?

Tang Tongzhi didn't turn the corner for a while. After all, the three major factions must defend the royal family. This has almost become a universally recognized truth. It seems that there is nothing strange about Qi's protection of the Liaodong King... Wait!

Tang Tongzhi shivered, and he looked at the boss: "Isn't the covenant, isn't there still a covenant?"

"That's right, it's because of the covenant that we did this." Miao Xuan was silent for a moment, and then reluctantly said, "The three major factions must not disobey the king and must defend the royal family, but if Youjitai finds someone who can What about the way to hold the King of Liaodong hostage? The agreement of the bloodline can only be broken by the bloodline."

Tang Tongzhi stammered: "Gu Wei, you mean—the Qi family has—how could you think of this? Isn't the covenant bound by orthodoxy, and there is a lesson learned from Jing Nan, how could the late emperor not be on guard!"

Miao Xuan let out a long sigh: "No, the so-called 'orthodoxy' in the covenant has loopholes, as long as the three major factions are willing to pay the price; moreover, the royal family is not defenseless, but bloodshed also needs to pay the price, until the last moment, Your Majesty will not kill the King of Liaodong."

Mu Fengyang didn't realize it until now, he thought of the heavy guards outside Xiangping City, and thought of the forbidden Youjitai disciples, the truth was always in front of him, he couldn't hide his shock: "But the king of Liaodong is dead! Since Youjitai is going to rise, how can they allow him to die—"

"It's not that they allowed it, but they didn't expect it. Even if they expected it, they couldn't stop it!" Miao Xuan put down the document and said in a deep voice, "The culprit in the Liaodong extermination case is the one who committed the Lan family extermination case."