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Chapter 386

Chapter 382 The Mist
On the 21st of the twelfth lunar month, there are only nine days until the Chinese New Year.

In the morning, the sun is shining brightly. After the heavy snow, the temperature seems to be colder. Breathing the air will feel the nose is cold. The coldest time of summer and winter has come.

Jinyiwei yamen.

"What? Our people are dead?"

Lin Xiaoyao had just arrived at Jinyiwei Yamen when he heard Ming Wenjin report to him what happened last night.

"Yes, the two Jinyi guards who were monitoring the shop in the suburbs didn't send any news this morning, so I felt that something was wrong, so I quickly sent someone to check, but only found the bodies of the two of them in the snowdrift, and that The pawn shop is empty."

Inscription Wenjin is both distressed and angry. These two Jinyiwei are members of the intelligence department he is in charge of, and they can be regarded as elites. The people at the pawn shop he was originally monitoring were also missing, leaving him feeling unsure about what to do.

When Lin Xiaoyao heard Ming Wenjin's report, he didn't give instructions right away. He sat down and tapped the table lightly with his fingers, his eyes were thoughtful, and his face was expressionless.

After a moment, Lin Xiaoyao said: "The two dead brothers should be buried well, and their families should also take good care of them."

Inscription Wenjin nodded, and said: "Brother Lin, don't worry, I have already dealt with these matters, and I will not treat my brothers and their families badly."

"Didn't the Qian Mansion contribute 40 taels of silver to us? My Lin family is also a famously honest family. When you find time, you can take everyone back to Jinyiwei and use it as our reserve fund."

Lin Xiaoyao unceremoniously donated the money he looted from Qian Haode.

Does Ming Wenjin really want to say it's not 50 taels of silver?But seeing Lin Xiaoyao selflessly contributing to his small treasury, he could only swallow these words in his stomach, clasped his fists to Lin Xiaoyao and said: "Brother Lin is selfless, Wenjin thanks Brother Lin for the brothers."

Lin Xiaoyao waved his hand casually, sighed again, shook his head and said: "This is all I can do for the brothers. I usually provide more rewards and punishments, and urge the brothers to train. Our jobs are all high-risk. , I really don’t want to hear news of brothers’ accidents so soon.”

Inscription Jin nodded sympathetically, and when he thought of the death of his subordinates, he felt distressed again.

"Have you reported this to Brother Bao?" Lin Xiaoyao asked.

"Master Bao came earlier, and he has already told him that he went to check the bodies of the two and deal with the aftermath of the two." Inscription Wenjin replied.

Lin Xiaoyao nodded. He was very relieved that Bao Zheng was here to do this. He stood up, picked up the chrysanthemum gun, and walked outside, saying, "Take a few people and follow me to the pawnshop." Let's see if there are any clues left, and mobilize all the forces of Bianliang City, the intelligence department of Jinyiwei, to investigate the suspicious persons who appeared last night or this morning."

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On the outskirts of Bianliang, there is a hidden pawn shop in Xihuayuan, which is carefully crafted by Xixia.

Lin Xiaoyao and others once visited this pawnshop in disguise. At that time, he discovered the abnormality of this pawnshop. Later, a mysterious person sent him a letter, telling him that the people from Xixia Yipintang were hiding in this pawnshop. Tian had to attend an appointment to give lectures at the Holy Gate, and was worried that he would scare the snake away, so he didn't take any definite action. He just ordered the Jinyiwei Intelligence Department to keep an eye on this pawnshop, but he didn't expect that it would end up like this.

Pushing open the door of the pawnshop and entering the familiar pawnshop, Lin Xiaoyao's mood has long been different. Now he is enduring a lot of energy, both ruthless and remorseful. Chances are it won't die.

Therefore, Lin Xiaoyao with such a mentality is more terrifying than the unrestrained him in the past, and his determination to find out the murderer and kill them all has never been firmer than before.

"The furnishings in the room are still the same as that day, there are no obvious stains on the floor, and the door was closed tightly just now. From this, we can guess that they did not retreat in a panic, but did enough to preparation."

Lin Xiaoyao checked the lobby of the pawnshop, thought for a while, and judged.

"According to the situation you described, it is indeed so!" Bao Zheng also nodded, agreeing with Lin Xiaoyao's judgment. He also rushed over after Lin Xiaoyao set off. expert.

"Moreover, it can be judged that there are not many people hiding in this pawn shop, at most no more than no one." Bao Zheng continued to add.

"Oh? Why is Brother Bao so sure?" Lin Xiaoyao wondered.

"follow me."

Bao Zheng didn't answer Lin Xiaoyao immediately, but took Lin Xiaoyao into the backyard of the pawn shop through the door of the counter. In a room in the backyard, there was a table with unpacked meals on the table. From the taste and color temperature of the food on the table, it can be determined that the food will be ready in less than a day, at least not to the extent of being rancid.

"look……"

Bao Zheng pointed to the bowls and chopsticks on the table and said: "There are only two pairs of bowls and chopsticks on the table, which means that there are only two people who can sit and eat here, so we can temporarily guess that Xixia Yipintang is among the people of Daxia. There are two leadership levels."

Lin Xiaoyao nodded and agreed with Bao Zheng's guess. In ancient times, whether it was Daxia or Xixia, the concept of hierarchy was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. When the leader eats, the subordinates are absolutely not allowed to eat at the same table.

Seeing that Lin Xiaoyao agreed with his opinion, Bao Zheng continued: "I just went to the kitchen here again, and only found five pairs of bowls and chopsticks in the kitchen. Let’s see, the above is enough for five people... Of course, this is not enough to mean that there are five people in the pawnshop.”

"However, we are thinking about their identities. They are Xixia's secret agents who stayed in my Great Xia. What are the secret agents most afraid of? Being discovered by others, so they must seldom communicate with others, at least they will not invite them. When outsiders come to eat at home, because the eating habits of different ethnic groups are very different, even if they deliberately learn the habits of my Daxia, there are still some details that cannot be controlled, and the differences will always be revealed inadvertently, so in order to avoid Because such a trivial matter is found abnormal by outsiders, they will definitely not entertain outsiders at home!"

Bao Zheng's eyes flashed with Ye Ye's light. His favorite thing was to make inferences through clues, to pick out things that were originally hidden in the darkness bit by bit, and then put them in the sun to roast, and make a fair judgment.

"So, based on the above points, and the number of houses here, it can be easily judged that there are only five people living here at most, and we all know that there are many people from Xixia who came to Daxia, so it must not be able to accommodate them all here. Yes, that is to say... there is either a secret room here, or there are other strongholds that can allow them to stay temporarily!"

Although Bao Zheng said it was a judgment, his tone was firm and his expression was so sure that no one could doubt his guess. It seemed that as long as the guess came from his mouth, it was the truth!

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