Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 663
Even Yang Guozhong felt that Tang Ao and others did not kill Li Canghai, it was an eye-opener from heaven!
Otherwise, who can find out the secret of the elixir of life?

According to his guess, the elixir of life was hidden in the brocade box presented to Li Longji by King Jianning, and Li Canghai found a way to open it.

If the brocade box enters the palace, he will have no chance to attack again.

Therefore, no matter what, he had to take the brocade box away before it was sent to the palace!
Time passed bit by bit, and soon it was the middle of the night.

At this time, the masked man came to the study again.

"My lord, Li Canghai and King Jianning have gone to the palace respectively!"

"How many people did they bring?" Yang Guozhong asked coldly.

"Li Canghai brought about twenty people, all of them are masters. King Jianning only brought a few people, my lord, what should we do?" asked the masked man.

Yang Guozhong stroked his beard, and pondered: "What is false is real, and what is real is false. Li Canghai deliberately brought some more guards, just to make Zhenxiang think that the brocade box is in his hands."

Having said this, he raised his head abruptly and said, "Send down the order, all the killers under the 'Yan Luo' group, follow the truth to intercept Li Tan, and take the brocade box by all means!"

The masked man immediately bowed to answer.

Yang Guozhong went straight to the side of the study, picked up a sharp sword and drew it out. Looking at the bright and sharp blade, a sneer sneered at the corner of his mouth.

Yinshi, Suzaku Street.

Li Tan was holding a brocade box in his hand, followed by three guards, walking towards the Qingxiao Gate of the palace without haste.

In the dark night, countless pairs of eyes stared closely at the few people from the darkness.

These people wore Asura masks on their faces, and there was nothing else in their eyes except for the flickering mad killing intent.

"My lord, when will you do it?" The masked man asked Yang Guozhong, who was wearing a Yama mask.

Yang Guozhong's eyes were slightly cold, and with a wave of his right hand, the killers hidden in the darkness rushed towards Li Tan and others.

"Protect the prince!" The three guards shouted at the same time, then drew their weapons and killed the general.

Li Tan held the brocade box in one hand, waved his palm with the other, and slapped a killer on the chest, and the killer died immediately.

When Yang Guozhong saw this, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes, and then he drew out his long sword and went straight to kill Li Tan.

There was already a huge gap in the number of people between the two sides, and Li Tan and others soon fell into a predicament.

But Yang Guozhong was not weak in martial arts, Li Tan was forced back by a set of swordsmanship, and he had no strength to fight back.

Because Li Tan wanted to protect the brocade box, Yang Guozhong scratched his arm without noticing it, and the brocade box suddenly fell from his hand.

Yang Guozhong was overjoyed, he slashed at Li Tan with the long sword in his right hand, and quickly reached out with his left hand, grabbing the brocade box in his hand.

With the brocade box in his hands, Yang Guozhong no longer wanted to fight, and immediately screamed, and those killers disappeared into the night at the same time.

The whole process took only half a stick of incense.

"My lord, are you okay?" Seeing that Li Tan was injured, the guard hurriedly knelt down on the ground, and said, "Your subordinate's guard is not good enough to hurt your lord, please punish him!"

Li Tan looked at the injury on his hand, and said disapprovingly: "This king has already acted according to the plan, and the rest is all up to Li Canghai."

But he said that Li Canghai entered the palace under the escort of a group of Jianning iron guards.

Li Longji, who had already gone to bed, heard that Li Canghai had come to report the elixir of life, so he got up from the dragon bed for the first time.

"Li Aiqing, I heard that you found the elixir of life?" Li Longji asked while sitting on the head of the bed wearing a dragon robe.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I did not find the elixir of life, but the secret among the three great artifacts." Li Canghai bowed and said.

Li Longji frowned and said, "Tell me, what have you found?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, the location of the elixir of life is indeed hidden among the three major artifacts. And the elixir of life is very likely to be related to the brocade box that I got from the 'Nilin Xuanwu' when I was in Luoyang!" Li Cang Hai said.

"That brocade box?" Li Longji stroked his chin and said, "I remember that box. I gave it to Tan'er and asked him to find a way to open it. I don't know if he opened it or not."

After thinking for a while, Li Longji shouted: "Come here, pass on my will, let King Jianning come to see me quickly with a brocade box!"

"Return to Your Majesty, I have already notified King Jianning, the prince must be coming to the palace now." Li Canghai cupped his hands.

At this moment, a servant rushed over, knelt in front of the door, and said loudly, "Your Majesty, it's bad! King Jianning met a killer outside the palace!"

"Who is so bold? Dare to assassinate the descendants of the royal family?" Li Longji immediately became angry when he heard this.

"I don't know." The servant knelt on the ground and said tremblingly.

Li Canghai glanced at Li Longji, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, it seems that someone knew that the brocade box was related to the elixir of life, so they carried out the robbery halfway! Please order the Habayashi Army to rescue the prince. !"

When Li Longji heard that someone was taking the elixir of life, his face suddenly became gloomy.

Just when he was about to make an order, the voice of the previous servant suddenly came from outside the palace: "Your Majesty! King Jianning begs to see you!"

"Xuan!" Li Longji said with a gloomy expression.

Li Tan walked into the hall and bowed to Li Longji: "Tan'er sees Grandpa Huang!"

Seeing the bright red on his arm, Li Longji frowned and said, "Tan'er, what's going on here? Where's the brocade box?"

"Back to Grandpa Huang, Tan'erben escorted the brocade box to Grandpa Huang, but I never thought that I would be ambushed by killers on Zhuque Street. The brocade box was snatched away by them." Li Tan knelt on the ground and said: " Tan'er's escort was not good, and the brocade box was lost, I hope the emperor's grandpa will come down!"

"Your Majesty! You can't blame the prince for this matter. I was worried that someone would come to snatch the brocade box, so I deliberately brought many guards with fake brocade boxes to let the prince come to the palace from another route. Now the For such things, I also have an unshirkable responsibility. Besides, the goal of those killers is obviously to snatch the brocade box. I ask your Majesty to give me a chance, and I will definitely get back the brocade box!" Li Canghai knelt down on the ground , said loudly.

Li Longji took a deep breath and couldn't hide the anger on his face. He said coldly: "Li Canghai, I leave this matter to you to investigate thoroughly! Within three days, find the brocade box for me! I want to see it , who dares to grab what I want?"

Li Canghai and Li Tan looked at each other, and they both smiled tacitly at the same time.

"Sir, obey the order!"

After leaving the palace, Li Canghai immediately recruited the Habayashi Army and waited in line in front of the gate of the imperial city.

"Cang Hai, what are your plans next?" Li Tan asked with his hands behind his back, looking at Chang'an City shrouded in the night.

Li Canghai narrowed his eyes, and said, "Of course we start from the place where the brocade box was robbed. Following this clue, we will be able to find out the whereabouts of those killers."

(End of this chapter)