Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 221 Five Hundred New Army Arrives (Part [-])
General Xu covered several boxes, stacked them together, placed them in front of him and listened carefully.

"The five-color jade case in Yang'an County was caused by the loss of five-color jade. At that time, I deduced that the five-color jade was just a cover. This was also confirmed in the process of investigating the case later. But now I see the jade pendant of five-color jade...Second Brother I once told me that although the five-color jade is very rare, there are still two pieces in the palace warehouse, which have been useless. According to the time, these few jade pendants are not made of the five-color jade from the Laojie Mountain... "

"Do you think there is an inner ghost in the palace? And the five-color jade pendant in the inner vault may have been stolen?" Song Gu asked with a frown.

"I don't know now if I just find a piece of jade and engrave a spell on it to have this effect, or only five-color jade has it. There were such spells on the stone pillars and the floor tiles in the cell before, but the function of those spells is to confine Soul, the five-color jade pendant is placed in the ashes, and the female ghost is not in the box. From this point of view, the five-color jade pendant should have other functions. It is hard to say whether it can send the female ghost away after it is destroyed. But the evidence is gone."

Xu Da said: "Brother Wu is afraid that the five-color jade in the inner treasury has been lost. Once the jade pendant is destroyed, it will be as if there is no proof for death. It will be difficult to investigate further. But if we keep this disaster in the palace, there may be some troubles in the future. .”

Song Gu nodded and said: "It is indeed necessary to leave evidence, but...does it have to be crushed into powder if the jade pendant is destroyed?"

Wu Chen explained:
"In the cave of Laojie Mountain, there are also spells on the stone pillars that trap ghosts. I will be in a trance when I touch them, but because the stone pillars are huge, I can destroy part of the spells on them with a little more strength with the sword. This process I don't need to touch the stone pillar, but the jade pendant is different, it's too small to use force, and it's impossible for me to remove the spell without touching the jade stone with my hands. Way?"

"What if we touch?" Xu Da asked.

"I don't dare to let you try it. It will hurt me so much. I'm afraid it will be more serious to you. Even... I have been thinking, how does Su Chang manage to force people's souls out of their bodies?"

Song Gu was startled, subconsciously moved his upper body away from the small box, and said, "Do you think he might have used five-color jade?"

"Accurately speaking, it should be five-color jade with spells," Wu Chen said.

Song Gu took a deep breath. At this moment, Luo Zuo came in with food, followed closely by Gao Er and Yu Shi'an holding books.

The fifty thatched huts were all demolished in a whole day. Because the experience was found in the first few books, the subsequent demolition process went smoothly, and all seventeen books were found.

Gao Er and Yu Shi'an cleaned their hands and sat down at the table with a sense of accomplishment, Gao Er said: "This day is not in vain!"

Yu Shi'an said with a smile: "I am the deputy commander of the Privy Council, and I am here to supervise the demolition of thatched huts, really!"

Song Gu said solemnly: "It is necessary to send a message to the capital as soon as possible. It is better to burn these seventeen books on the spot."

After all, Song Gu, Yu Shi'an, sophomores, and Xu Da didn't have time to eat. They walked to the desk, you wrote yours, and I wrote mine. There was no need to communicate in advance, and it was finished in a while.

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Wu Chen and Da Tou buried their heads in eating dinner, and when Song Gu and the others returned to the table, Wu Chen and Da Tou had already finished eating, so Da Tou stood up straight away, stretched his waist, and said, "I'm going to sleep."

No one cares about Datou, everyone has long been used to Datou's work and rest time, so the second year of high school took a few bites and asked: "Are you going to clean up the monsters in the river later?"

Wu Chen frowned: "Didn't you mention the monster in the river in your report just now?"

"As I said before, Xu Da and I have to send letters twice a day, so I have said everything that needs to be said."

"Since that's the case, we can only wait for the government's order to move. Those monsters may also be surnamed Li. If we kill the wrong one, the crime will be serious. The female ghost said that Longgu Mountain, the dragon vein of Xingguo... the government doesn't know, but He The monster in the movie will kneel down to the female ghost."

After Wu Chen finished speaking, the room fell silent for a while, and the sophomore was the first to ask, "Is it possible that the monster kneels down simply because... it's afraid of ghosts?"

Xu Da ouched and said, "Speak if you can, and shut up if you can't!"

Song Gu analyzed: "Yuan Tianshi knows that this is a dragon's vein, and the female ghost also knows that it is a dragon's vein, but the officials don't know..."

"Go back!" Wu Chen shouted suddenly, several people looked at the branches on the ground at the same time, as if they could see something.

Wu Chen turned to Song Gu and said, "Song Tixing will continue."

Song Gu waved his hand and said:
"I don't know what I'm going to say. For the royal family, we still have to wait for the official order. Let's continue to search the other courtyard carefully in the past few days to see if we can find anything. It's just hard work for you. You can't leave this place after dark." Branches can only be squinted for a while during the day.”

Wu Chen smiled and said, "Hurry up and eat..."

Wu Chen hadn't finished speaking when a soldier came to report that 500 new troops had arrived outside the courtyard.

Xu Dateng stood up suddenly and said, "They didn't go back to the capital!"

"Who?" Yu Shi'an asked.

Wu Chen got up and walked out and said: "It seems that the soldiers transferred by Deputy Yu will not be able to come, the officials still trust the Imperial City Secretary!"

Xu Da followed beside Wu Chen and said, "The leader of the five hundred new army is called Cookie..."

"Oh?" Wu Chen swallowed.

"You recognize?" Xu Da hurriedly asked.

"I don't know, how can I know a general in the army as a beggar?"

"That's right, this cookie is not easy to talk to. I met them in Kyoto before. This time I met them on the way back to Yang'an County. I really thought about asking him to bring troops to Longgu Mountain with me, but he only said Listening to Si Zun's order, I was very anxious at that time, so I didn't persuade them much. At that time, I thought, Si Zun would definitely let them go back to the capital, and the other courtyard is different from the old Jieshan..."

Before Xu Da finished speaking, Wu Chen raised his hand and stopped him: "He's here."

Sure enough, before Wu Chen and Xu Da reached the front yard, they saw a general in armor holding a sword hilt in one hand, followed by two personal soldiers, walking in majesticly.

Wu Chen cupped his hands and said, "General Qu has worked hard!"

With a cold face, Qu Qi first cupped his fists at Xu Da, and then cupped his fists at Wu Chen: "But Mr. Wu's business?"

Wu Chen nodded, stepped aside, and said, "Has General Qu eaten dinner? Go in first..."

"Si Zun ordered me to strictly guard the other courtyard, and no one is allowed to enter or leave! I only came in to inform Mr. Wu. Mr. Wu and others cannot leave the other courtyard. If something happens, you can order someone to explain to the soldiers at the gate of the other courtyard. See you soon, goodbye!"

After Cookie finished speaking, he turned around and strode away, leaving Wu Chen and Xu Da feeling a little bit cold.

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(End of this chapter)