The Secret Chamber of the Card Game

All the assassins were arrested. Qin Rui and Third Miss didn't expect Yu Hanjiang and his party to come to the woods. They looked at each other. After all, Yu Hanjiang was the magistrate of Jiangzhou, so it was hard to pretend not to see them.Qin Rui had no choice but to take a step forward, cupped his fists at Yu Hanjiang and said, "Master Yu, I don't know why you came here?"

"Naturally, he was chasing the assassin, and he just came here." Yu Hanjiang saw that he was dressed in black, dressed like the shadow guards around him, so he understood: "Are you also a shadow guard?"

Qin Rui nodded: "Yes."

Since the shadow guards usually wore black clothes and masked their faces, and they didn't know each other, it was understandable that Long Sen didn't recognize him.

From this point of view, everything that happened in Jiangzhou is clear in the heart of the emperor in Kyoto. Maybe His Majesty has long suspected that there are assassins and intelligence organizations in Jiangzhou, so he asked the prince to cooperate and perform a good show, killing all these assassins. lead out.

Yu Hanjiang winked at Long Sen, and Long Sen immediately flew over and took off the bamboo hats worn by the assassins——

It really is the girls from Tianxianglou.

Aunt Qing was not present, the girls who came to assassinate today were the same ones who were rescued from prison last night.

I thought that the second lady was negligent, leaving Jiangzhou City, and running to this deserted woods, it was an excellent opportunity to make a move... I didn't expect this to be a trap.

Realizing that they had been tricked, the girls were about to bite out the poison in their teeth and commit suicide. Long Sen, Mo Xuemin, and Xiao Lou had sharp eyesight and quick hands. Using both left and right hands, they immediately pinched the girls' jaws.

Xiao Lou looked at Yu Hanjiang and said, "I'll get the poison out of their teeth and bring them back for interrogation."

Xiao Lou is already familiar with such things as tooth extraction. He also likes to commit suicide after failing the hunter mission before, so he has already gained experience in tooth extraction.The girls in Tianxianglou stared wide-eyed in disbelief. Madam Yu put the silk thread into their mouths with a calm expression, and pulled out their poisonous teeth neatly. His fangs were all dealt with by Madam Yu.

Girls: "..."

Everyone has a face full of lovelessness.

Second Miss and Third Miss looked at each other and looked at each other.

The terrified Ninth Princess also regained her breath at this time, looked at the maid beside her, Qu Wanyue, and asked doubtfully, "This Mrs. Yu can not only perform autopsies, but also extract teeth? What is her origin!"

Qu Wanyue thought to herself, Professor Xiao knows a lot, and he can use compasses to make a brazier. Unfortunately, compasses cannot be used in this world, and Professor Xiao can only display [-]% of his strength.

Seeing Princess Shangjiu's curious eyes, Qu Wanyue had no choice but to say perfunctorily, "I don't know, so I have to ask Master Yu."

Ninth Princess had a complex expression, so she couldn't be cheeky and asked Yu Hanjiang, "What the hell does your wife do?"

"Mrs. Hardworking." Yu Hanjiang walked to Xiao Lou's side, gently embraced his shoulders, acted like a loving couple in front of everyone, then glanced at the assassin who fell on the ground, and said seriously: "Take them away!" Go back to the magistrate for interrogation."

Third Miss suddenly said: "Wait a minute!"

Yu Hanjiang turned around: "What questions does Miss San have?"

Miss San frowned and said: "We caught the assassins, I want to bring them back to the palace, there is no reason for Master Yu to take them away!"

Yu Hanjiang looked at her calmly, and said lightly: "Miss San, have you forgotten that the prince has given full authority to this case to investigate and deal with it?"

Third Miss: "But..."

Yu Hanjiang interrupted her: "As the magistrate of Jiangzhou, I caught the assassin at the border of Jiangzhou, so it should be interrogated by the government. The prince doesn't ask about political affairs, so I don't bother the prince with this matter. I will get a result as soon as possible. Report to the prince."

Miss San still wanted to talk, but Yu Hanjiang waved her hand simply: "Take it away!"

Long Sen immediately tied up several assassins and prepared to escort them back to the Jiangzhou government office.

The third lady was dumbfounded - she realized that she couldn't speak to Yu Hanjiang at all.

Just about to use force, the second young lady reached out her hand to stop the irritable third sister, and said with a smile: "Since the father has already handed over the case to the adults, it is not good for the palace to intervene in this matter, so there is Lord Lao Yu."

Yu Hanjiang: "The princess is polite."

He nodded to the princess, got on his horse, and returned to Jiangzhou with these assassins.

There were 6 assassins caught this time. Yu Hanjiang locked them in the firewood room, sent Long Sen to guard them personally, and then called Ye Qi over to identify them. Ye Qi quickly told the names of these girls, and everyone They all took brothel stage names such as Hongmei, Xiangning, and Zitan, but Ye Qi didn't know what his real name was.

Xueyan and Aunt Qing were not present, and there might be other tasks.

Yu Hanjiang called these assassins over for interrogation one by one: "Are you from the country of Yan?"

The girl turned pale, but refused to nod.

Yu Hanjiang said coldly: "Where did Aunt Qing and Xueyan go? Who is the 'master' you mentioned? Who is behind the scenes?"

However, the question fell like a stone, and no response was received—since these girls were willing to leave their hometowns and come to Jiangzhou to do intelligence collection and assassination work, they must have put life and death on the back burner.

Yu Hanjiang interrogated for an hour, but still couldn't pry their mouths open, and every girl's eyes were extremely stubborn, as if they were saying with their eyes, "Don't bother, I won't explain anything."

Judging from their "death as home" attitude, these girls have been professionally trained and brainwashed.They are from the country of Yan, and it is their honor to sacrifice for the country of Yan. Once they have such thoughts, Yu Hanjiang will not be able to find any useful information at all.

Yu Hanjiang walked out of the interrogation room with a headache, and Xiao Lou could tell from his expression that the interrogation was not going well: "Aren't they willing to explain?"

"Yeah." Yu Hanjiang pinched his eyebrows and said, "They didn't say a word. The leader behind the assassin organization must not be Aunt Qing. Aunt Qing is only in charge of Jiangzhou's affairs. Who is Aunt Qing's boss is what we need. key to the investigation."

Mo Xuemin's face was full of anxiety: "If they don't tell, then should we wait for new clues to come out, or find a way to torture and extract a confession?"

Ye Qi was stunned, and said, "Torture to extract a confession? Is this okay?"

In ancient times, it was very common to use various criminal methods to interrogate prisoners. There are various torture tools in the dungeon, such as bamboo boards for pinching fingers, iron blocks for branding on the body, and iron cables that run through butterfly bones...

Ye Qi's scalp tingled when he thought of those blood-stained instruments of torture, he couldn't help but shivered, and said: "These girls are only about 20 years old, if they are directly tortured, they may not be able to bear the torture, and they will not be able to give clues must."

Using torture is also a way, but Yu Hanjiang doesn't really want to take this step.

Although they traveled collectively to ancient times, they still had modern ideas in their minds. He really couldn't do it to torture these young girls with all kinds of cruel instruments of torture.

Seeing Yu Hanjiang frowning, Xiao Lou suddenly said, "I have a way, maybe it will be useful."

Yu Hanjiang immediately turned his head to look at Xiao Lou: "Tell me, madam."

Xiao Loudao: "Do you still remember Liu Qiao's [Twins] card? It can copy any person or animal you have seen within half an hour. Her card is equivalent to the disguise technique in ancient times, and it should still work. Let Wouldn't it be nice if she copied the appearance of an assassin, mixed in with the assassins, and discussed about their 'master'?"

Yu Hanjiang: "..."

This method is really clever, it can send Xiao Liu to the assassin organization as an undercover agent.

Thinking of this, Yu Hanjiang immediately asked Lao Mo to call Liu Qiao over.

After Liu Qiao came, he really told everyone that her [Twins] card could be used, so Yu Hanjiang quickly made arrangements for Lao Mo to interrogate the youngest girl among them and lock her in the study.Liu Qiao took a look, and immediately copied the girl's appearance and voice. Then, Yu Hanjiang pretended that the interrogation was over, and asked Lao Mo to tie her hands behind her back with a rope, and escorted her back to the woodshed.

After Liu Qiao walked into the woodshed, he sat silently in a corner, and an older woman asked with concern, "Xiang Ning, are you okay?"

The girl that Liu Qiao copied happened to be called Xiang Ning, she nodded and said, "It's okay."

Another woman asked, "Master Yu didn't torture you?"

Liu Qiao shook his head: "No, just ask me about the master, I didn't say anything."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

There was an eerie silence in the firewood room, and everyone was anxious, worried that Master Yu would use all kinds of cruel punishments and tortures on them. Thinking of getting some bloody instruments of torture in the dungeon, some girls turned pale and their bodies were shattered. Trembling slightly.

The afternoon passed quickly, but no one came to interrogate them again.

After nightfall, everyone's uneasiness reached its peak. Liu Qiao carefully observed the expressions of everyone, and asked with pretended doubts: "What does Lord Yu mean? He didn't let us commit suicide, and didn't torture us. He just locked us up, isn't it? Do you want to starve us for a few days and torture us to the point of mental breakdown before interrogating us?"

Another human said: "Then it's better to use torture directly. Is it interesting to torture slowly like this?"

Liu Qiao pretended to be very worried and said: "I heard that Mrs. Yu has a mysterious background. She not only knows how to do autopsies, but also uses poison. If he paralyzes us with that kind of poison that makes us stunned, and then interrogates us, when we don't know What should I do if I confess?"

This possibility made everyone's face change.

An older woman said coldly: "No matter what method they use, everyone must keep their mouths shut and not speak out any information about the organization! Don't forget the oath you swore in front of the master—who dares to betray the master?" , will definitely die without a whole body, and will also implicate the relatives at home!"

After hearing this, everyone fell silent.

A young girl choked with sobs and said, "Sister Hongmei, of course we will not betray the master, I am ready to die, I hope my parents and younger brother can live a good life in Yan Country..."

Liu Qiao said: "Sister Hongmei, have you seen the real face of the master?"

Hongmei shook her head: "No, the master's whereabouts are mysterious, we only follow Aunt Qing's orders, and we don't need to know too much about other things."

Liu Qiao frowned slightly in the corner. It seemed that these assassins knew very little information, and that "master" was very good at hiding his identity.In addition to these girls vowing to work for their master, their relatives are also in the hands of that "master". Once they betray their master, their relatives far away in the country of Yan may be implicated. The reason why the teeth are closed and refuse to say a word.

This interrogation definitely won't yield anything, and Liu Qiao can find very limited clues in the middle of them.

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Qiao's transformation was over, but she purposely wore clothes similar to those of these girls, with her head lowered, and the people around her didn't realize that her face had changed.

Yu Hanjiang was the first to interrogate her, and Liu Qiao told Yu Hanjiang what he had heard.

After hearing this, Xiao Lou analyzed carefully: "The leader of the intelligence organization of Yan State, since he can control the families of these girls, he should have great power in Yan State, either a high-ranking official or a member of the royal family."

Mo Xuemin was puzzled and said, "However, we have no way to know about the situation in Yan State. I have read all the books on my bookshelf, and there is no record of the royal family and court of Yan State. I only know the current state of Yan State. The emperor is about 45 years old, and his methods are tough."

Ye Qi scratched his head in doubt: "This shouldn't be? Since the secret room involves the three countries of Qi, Zhao, and Yan, and we found out that the assassin organization is all from Yan, and the assassins can't find any clues, someone should give it to them." Shall we provide clues?"

Xiao Lou stroked his chin thoughtfully.After a moment of silence, he suddenly said: "My brother, he must not be dead yet."

Everyone looked blank: "Brother?"

Yu Hanjiang looked at him unexpectedly and said, "Does Madam have a younger brother? How come I don't know about this at all?"

Xiao Lou coughed lightly, and said, "Actually, I don't know him either. It's my younger brother forced by the plot setting. When I first entered the 8-of-Hearts secret room, the floating frame introduced my identity and background to me—my father is the author. , The mother is a miracle doctor, and there is a younger brother who is said to have joined the army at the front, but his whereabouts are unknown."

He paused, and then said: "Think about it carefully. The words 'whereabouts are unknown' have a lot of connotations. If my brother is not an important person, why do you say that his whereabouts are unknown? Just set me as the only child, or he Wouldn't it be better to die in the front line?"

Ye Qi said excitedly: "That's right! Since your younger brother was on the front line of the war between Qi and Yan, it's fine to say that he died in the battle. If his whereabouts are unknown, it proves that he didn't die at all."

Liu Qiaodao: "According to the general routine of TV dramas, people whose whereabouts are unknown usually appear at critical moments."

Xiao Lou nodded: "Besides my brother, don't forget that there is another person on the front line."

Mo Xuemin suddenly came back to his senses: "You mean, the prince's eldest son...Qi Fenghua?"

At that time, he suspected that there would be an accident in the palace, so he investigated the interpersonal relationship in the palace in advance.Mrs. Yun gave birth to a son and a daughter after marrying the prince. The eldest son, Qi Fenghua, was on the front line fighting with General Zhengxi and the country of Yan. He hadn't returned home for three years.The eldest daughter Qi Yiyao has been killed now, if Qi Fenghua is just a passerby, why should such a character be set up?Wouldn't it be nice to just say that the prince has four daughters?

The same is true for Xiao Lou’s younger brother. He is definitely not dead if his whereabouts are unknown, and he happened to be on the front line of the war between Yan State and Daqi. They encountered a bottleneck when investigating the Yan State Assassin Group. clues.

Xiao Lou looked at Yu Hanjiang, and said, "I remember that the memories after entering the Red Peach Secret Room were not instilled into us all at once, but when we saw a person, we remembered the past related to him, right?"

Regarding this point, Yu Hanjiang can also prove it, nodded and said: "That's right, when I entered the palace and saw the emperor, I remembered the experience that I was a companion to him when I was a child and was reused by him; Huang pointed out the matter of marriage; I went home yesterday to see my parents and grandfather, and remembered my childhood experience in Jiangzhou. Many memories are triggered only when meeting the corresponding person."

Xiao Loudao: "I don't have any detailed memories about this younger brother in my mind now, but as soon as I see him, I can recognize him immediately... I just don't know, what kind of identity will he appear in?"

Yu Hanjiang thought about it carefully, and speculated: "Could it be the masked man who came to rob the prison the night before? A man in the assassin group?"

Xiao Lou was startled: "Why do you say that?"

Yu Hanjiang said: "Your brother is on the front line. If he died in battle and the body cannot be found, he will indeed be 'unaccounted for', but obviously your brother did not end up in this way. Then, if he is 'unaccounted for', he can still be found on the front line." Where are we going? Just imagine, Yan Guo can send spies to our side, so why can't we send undercover agents to Yan Guo?"

Everyone: "..."

Xiao Lou's eyes suddenly lit up: "If he is going to be an undercover agent, of course he can't say anything. He must forge a new identity. Isn't the original identity 'unaccounted for'? He is a person far away on the front line, what reason does he have?" Returning to Jiangzhou? This time following the assassin group and participating in the plan to assassinate the prefect and prince of Jiangzhou is his best chance to return to Jiangzhou."

The two looked at each other and nodded tacitly, feeling that what the other said was right.

Teammates: "..."

Inferring so many possibilities from a "whereabouts are unknown", the brains of the two big hearts, everyone can only worship!

Ye Qi was stunned for a moment before he finally understood the analysis of Yu and Xiao. He scratched his head and said, "That is to say, Madam's younger brother disappeared at the front line. He probably sneaked into Yan State as an undercover agent. He recently returned to Jiangzhou , brought some clues about Yan Kingdom?"

Think about it carefully, what identity will the younger brother who has been missing for many years suddenly appear in Jiangzhou and provide clues to everyone?The possibility speculated by Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou is indeed the most reasonable arrangement.

Yu Hanjiang asked: "Ma'am, why don't we also 'lead the snake out of the hole'?"

Xiao Lou nodded in agreement: "Okay, tonight, let's go outside the city of Jiangzhou and lure my younger brother out. If he really went to Yan Kingdom as an undercover agent and took the opportunity to return to Jiangzhou this time, then he will definitely Find a way to get in touch with my brother."