I was just solving crimes, how could I become an immortal?

Chapter 120: Speak according to your conscience
  The hibiscus tent is warm and the fragrance is intoxicating.

In the boudoir, Mu Bai gently pushed her hair behind her ears. Her face, which should have been charming, now looked a little sad.

She bit her red lips with her white teeth and looked at Cao An cautiously, like a little lady who had done something wrong.

If it were any other man, most of them would stare at her enchanting figure after entering the room.

But Cao An was different. Mu Bai knew that his beauty had no effect on him, so he sat on the soft couch and did not dare to make any mistakes.

'But actually you can seduce me, I'm not as upright as you think. '

Cao An's face didn't look good, because Mu Bai's clothes suddenly became more serious after he made trouble.

Mubai noticed that his face looked ugly, so he thought he was still wearing too little, so he added another coat. Well, the real thorn was wrapped tightly, and no hooks were exposed at all.

It is not a good thing to have an image that is too tall.

"Tell me, what are you hiding?" Cao An sipped the fragrant tea made by Mu Bai himself and urged her to give an explanation.

Mubai cautiously replied: "Did you smell the wrong thing?"

The unconfident tone was like Mu Bai's last struggle. After being glared at by Cao An, he still lowered his head in grievance.

"Mr. Cao, weren't you in the middle of a chaotic battle last night? Can't such a strong smell of blood cover up the fragrance?" Mu Bai felt that he was making a mistake.

She thought of many possible flaws and carefully arranged the arrangements for her subordinates.

But he didn't expect that in just a quarter of an hour when his subordinates came here to report on their work, they would leave such a small scent behind that Cao An would capture it.

It can only be said that Cao An is lucky.

The talent of [Smell Smell and Recognize Objects] is rarely activated on weekdays, because the smell on people's bodies is very mixed. If you bump into it on the road, or even take a bite of garlic, it may be stained by the smell.

Only incense and spices with special smells have some reference value.

As an ambusher, no one would foolishly change into night clothes, bring their own sachet to attract bees and butterflies, let alone use such a enchanting scent to apply powder.

The best explanation is that the man in black, wearing night clothes and holding a sword, came out of a woman's boudoir before performing his mission.

In Cao An's opinion, the only woman with the best brains is Mu Bai.

And he vaguely remembered smelling a similar strange sandalwood fragrance when he came to redeem Hua Zhi's life.

I found him today, and he really lived up to his expectations. The [Smell the Smell and Recognize Objects] screening was successful. Cao An won't believe him if he tries to make excuses.

There was no other way, Mu Bai could only try hard to find another reason: "Actually, I arranged some people to protect Mr. Cao."

"Oh, let me touch your conscience, do you believe it yourself?"

Mubai obediently opened his coat, touched the towering conscience, and then nodded: "Letter."

"Unfortunately, I haven't touched it, so I don't believe it." Cao An shook his head in amusement and leaned forward slightly.

His purpose was very simple, he also wanted to touch the other person's conscience, but unfortunately Mu Bai failed to understand, and was just racking his brains to think of excuses.

After a brief silence, Cao An could only give up, leaned back, and said lazily: "Stop quibbling. If I'm not mistaken, you want to protect the Privy Council, right?"

With one sentence, Mu Bai's expression finally collapsed, knowing that he could not escape.

"Mr. Cao's intelligence is unparalleled in the world. I can't hide anything from you. When did you become suspicious? I have asked my subordinates to be careful."

"You asked me when I became suspicious? Sorry, I didn't believe it from beginning to end."

【Fight for the harmonious coexistence of humans and demons! 】This nonsense was what Mu Bai told him last time.

Do you believe this? It's better to believe that Lord Tisi is a virgin.

The loss of the official seal that he had painstakingly designed could not just be to lure him into solving the human bottle case. There must be more conspiracies in it.

Tampering with one file is a loss, but tampering with dozens of files is very profitable.

"I have read the information of the Privy Council, and many of them were obtained from the Third Law Division. In other words, you could have used Shilang Gong's seal to forge a large number of files and sneak into the Privy Council."

As an intelligence agency, the Privy Council's biggest job is to collect intelligence, but the most difficult thing is to verify the intelligence.

Therefore, in many cases, if the information mentioned is insignificant and has an official seal of minister or above to confirm, it can be kept intact to provide future reference.

"You are not trying to protect me, but you are trying to protect the files you have tampered with from being burned. I am right."

The bloody answer made Mu Bai's heart tremble, and her subordinates appeared to block several fire arrows, and were actually exposed.

"Tell me, how many things have you mixed into this Privy Council?"

Mubai pursed his lips and pinched two fingers as if struggling: "A little bit."

Cao An's eyes were like swords, staring at Mu Bai. Mu Bai was obviously guilty and simply lowered his head without replying.

The 'little bit' here may be so much that it can make people stagger.

In this regard, Cao An could also understand that whether he was running the Jiaofang Division, infiltrating the Ministry of Rites, or stealing official seals, all behind it was to tamper with the Privy Council files.

If he asked so casually and said it so easily, then there really was something wrong.

Of course, understanding does not mean condoning. Cao An has already begun to calculate the pros and cons of falling out.

These guys are monsters. If they really fight, even if the opponent abandons Jiaofangsi's stronghold, it doesn't seem to have much impact.

As for the files that had slipped into the Privy Council, he couldn't think of a way to identify them for the time being. There was no benefit at all in turning against them now.

But allowing these monsters to continue causing trouble feels quite dangerous!
  Just when Cao An was hesitant, Mu Bai quickly made the conditions.

"Mr. Cao, please believe me. We are not here to target you. We have our own reasons. If you don't trust me, I can work for Lord Red Fox."

"???"

"Do you know about the existence of red foxes?"

"I know! It's not difficult to guess, right? It's on that Ying Huorong." Mu Bai blinked his big eyes and said very relaxedly, it felt like...

It seems like this news is bad.

Cao An covered his forehead and sighed silently.

How come it feels like both humans and demons know the secret that the Tsing Yi Department has hidden for 10 years?

Seeing Cao An's headache, Mu Bai said understandingly: "Lord Red Fox is a nine-tailed fox, so he won't die that easily. Your Qingyi Department has been looking for Shanwaishan. In fact, the demon clan who are well-informed can do anything about it." Guessed."

It is true that Red Fox died 10 years ago, but with the strength of the demon king, it is not difficult for the soul to leave the body.

Immediately afterwards, the Tsing Yi Department began a long search for Shanwai Mountain. Most of the demon clan had heard rumors about the Holy Land and could guess it with a little association.

Coupled with the shadow when Ying Huorong's energy is activated, the glorious record of eating 50 roasted wings in one meal is indeed too obvious.

"How do you want to serve?" Cao An was very interested in this.

"As long as it doesn't conflict with our interests, we can all provide help to Lord Red Fox." Mu Bai had a smile on her face. She knew that Cao An was tempted, so the matter would be easy to handle.

In the Monster Clan, it is an absolute rule that the strong should be respected. Red Fox knew this very well, so he reached cooperation with the Tsing Yi Department after his body was damaged, instead of looking for help from his former subordinates.

Now Mu Bai's terms of effectiveness are absolutely tempting for Red Fox. As long as Cao An can pass the test, Red Fox will definitely agree. Who doesn't like the benefits that come in vain?
  Of course, effectiveness does not mean loyalty, Mu Bai is only willing to help for free now.

This move is equivalent to betting more chips on Red Fox and betting on her promising future.

Cao An nodded, he also felt that Red Fox would be a wife in the future.

"But since you guessed her situation, you've never contacted her before?"

"No, because we feel that Red Fox and Tsing Yi Department cannot be on the stage."

"what about now?"

"Now, don't we have more of you, Mr. Cao?"

Mu Bai's words were very straightforward. In her eyes, the Qingyi Department was like a pool of stagnant water. She had been mediocre for ten years, working hard in Shangjiang City like a headless fly and unable to find a direction at all.

Perhaps the battlefield is a suitable place for them. In the intrigues and intrigues in Shangjiang City, they cannot get any advantage.

But the appearance of Cao An brought this stagnant life back to life.

The advantages of the Tsing Yi Department were fully exploited by Cao An. When a group of reckless men have brains, all parties will be moved by their combat power.

I lowered my head and thought about it for a while, and felt that there was nothing wrong with this plan.

"I promise you to serve Red Fox, but let me make it clear that if your goals conflict with my ideas, I will not show mercy."

"That's natural. If Mr. Cao is capable, we will have nothing to say if we lose."

Cao An knew very well that falling out now would not affect the progress of Mu Bai's plan. It was better to take advantage of this opportunity to gain some benefits for his own people.

With the help of a group of demon tribes, whether it is looking for the Amu demon merchant, looking for the mountain outside the mountain, or collecting intelligence, it will be much easier than before.

After thinking about it, Cao An continued to ask: "Then, by the way, let me explain Ye Siyi's problem."

As soon as the second topic started, Mubai was stunned.

"Mr. Cao, how did you guess that we are related?"

"Because she died in the Ministry of Rites!"

"Is that why?"

"Of course, the way she died was very weird, and she was obviously a suicide. But I don't think she wanted to die in front of Lord Tis in the first place."

"Mr. Cao thinks..."

"She wants to die in front of Fu Wenhai, right?"

Liang Qifeng, the chief secretary of the Tsing Yi Department, although he seems to be not doing anything serious and I have never seen him take action, he definitely has some strength.

He said that he did not see Ye Siyi drinking poison, so the poison must have been swallowed before he arrived.

In other words, Ye Siyi's target was not him at first, but others in the Ministry of Rites.

It was only because Liang Qifeng passed by at this time that Ye Siyi felt that he was more suitable, so he temporarily changed his target.

Why is Liang Qifeng more suitable? Because he is the chief of the Tsing Yi Department, and there is Cao An, a detective in the Tsing Yi Department, who will definitely help find out the truth behind it.

What if Liang Qifeng is not here? Who would it be more appropriate to die for?
  Ordinary officials from the Ministry of Rites certainly weren't capable of solving crimes at this level, but Fu Wenhai could.

It's not that he has strong abilities, but that he has Mu Bai behind him. As long as this person knows the answer in advance, he can recreate it like the human bottle case and guide others to find out the answer step by step.

Of course, Fu Wenhai's tool man probably didn't know the inside story until now.

When Mu Bai made the plan, he didn't even tell him that it wouldn't be too late to issue the mission if he was caught.

Anyway, the cause of death was suspicious. Even if Fu Wenhai was taken to prison for investigation for a while, he would be released in the end. At most, he would suffer a little. A child with no human rights was destined to be a pawn.

But although Cao An's analysis was correct, the answer exceeded his expectations.

Mu Bai shook his head innocently: "I don't know what Ye Siyi's purpose is either."

"You don't know?"

"Yes, we only have a cooperative relationship with her, and we promised to lead clues to an old incident twenty years ago after her death."

Mu Bai was very calm. She just agreed to help. She was not prepared to investigate Ye Siyi's case in detail.

But Cao An can't do it. His family, Tisi, is still in prison.

"What's the case?"

"It was the massacre of the Ye family twenty years ago. Thinking of her last name, I estimate that she was a survivor of the massacre that year."

There are many people with the surname Ye. Even if Ye Siyi keeps his surname, no one will doubt the connection twenty years later.

This method of eliciting secrets is consistent with Cao An's initial suspicion.

But it's still the same old problem, if the case just needs to be investigated, why would she commit suicide?
  As a female official in the harem, she had many opportunities to directly complain to Emperor Wan Jing. What was the point of insisting on risking her own life?

Besides, the Third Law Division is now unable to protect itself, so how can it have time to take care of other cases? What if it cannot be found out? What if Cao An is too lazy to care?
  There were too many uncontrollable factors, and Ye Siyi's death seemed to be unable to create any waves.

"Okay, let's put Ye Siyi's case aside for now and let's talk about last night. How did you get into the Privy Council?"

Mu Bai stopped hiding and replied directly: "We had spies among them. We discovered that there was an abnormality in the guard schedule last night, so we were alert. We found that the arsonists had sneaked in from the south gate. We were worried that the plan would be affected, so we followed in. "

Listen! This is called professionalism!

How shameless is it that you have to rely on other spies to help protect your Privy Council library?

"There is definitely something wrong with the senior officials of the Privy Council. We must investigate when we get back." Cao An made up his mind.

But at this time, there was a sudden sound of footsteps at the door, accompanied by Pan Daxi's loud voice.

"Cao An, are you busy? Something happened. Mr. Zheng sent someone to notify you and asked you to come over immediately."

problem occurs!
  Cao An was startled, and Ying Changfeng called him over. It seemed like it was the first time, so he quickly stood up and opened the door.

"What happened?"

Pan Daxi glanced at Mu Bai, who was sitting in the distance, and whispered: "After the morning session today, the Head of the Privy Council died in his study."

"What! Dead?" Cao An's scalp went numb and he looked at Mu Bai reflexively.

Mu Bai is a demon clan and is not weak, so he naturally heard the conversation between the two.

But her expression was equally astonished, and she quickly stood up and clarified: "It's none of our business. We don't know the president of the Privy Council."

Wasn't it Mubai's doing?
  Then I'm afraid this matter will become more complicated again.

(End of this chapter)