i really have no talent

Chapter 12 Little People

On the other side, Emperor Xia and his party returned to the Great Xia Palace along the hidden road.

A guard went up to the front of the hall, knelt on the ground, and held an envelope above his head with both hands.

The old eunuch solemnly took the envelope from the guard's hand, which was sealed with a special metal seal.

The old eunuch took something out of his sleeve and dripped it on the envelope, making a squeak, and a drop of strange black liquid disappeared.

After removing the seal on it, the old eunuch sent the envelope to the emperor's case for reading.

This letter is from the department in charge of special intelligence in the Great Xia Imperial Guard. It is a letter sent from outside the border of the Great Xia Kingdom. It is unknown where it came from.

Only the metal box containing the envelope has a special mark on it, and its authenticity is confirmed after repeated comparisons and verifications, and then it is sent to Kyoto.

Naturally, the guards on duty did not dare to neglect in the slightest, and hastily passed the letter up through layers of transmission.

When the envelope was opened, even the old eunuch who was waiting on the side only lowered his eyebrows for a glance, and then retreated voluntarily. Only Emperor Xia sat alone on the dragon chair, his eyes swept over the envelope, and there was no joy in his expression. anger.

"Bring Li Hui, the commander of the imperial army!"

"promise……"

Emperor Xia put down the envelope in his hand, his expression was neither happy nor sad, as calm as water, but his finger landed on the dragon chair beside him, and a clear fingerprint appeared on it.

"Your Majesty, Li Hui, kowtow to His Majesty!"

Below the dragon case, a middle-aged man dressed in black armor and only slightly bigger than ordinary people knelt on one knee, lowered his head, and waited for Emperor Xia's order.

"Your chess piece is dead, look at it!"

Emperor Xia handed over the letter. Upon hearing this, the commander of the imperial army, Li Huo, accepted the letter with a blank expression. Then he looked at the highest-level information, and after a long silence, he said, "I will personally be responsible for the death of the chess piece." Thorough investigation, if the news is leaked and interferes with His Majesty's affairs, I will bring the heads of the whole family to see you!"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Xia slowly got up from the dragon chair, and Li Huo, the commander of the Imperial Army who was kneeling below, bowed his head even lower at this moment.

"Qiang~"

The sound of a sword being unsheathed resounded in the empty hall, and the bleak and murderous atmosphere became even stronger.

Emperor Xia held the accompanying sword in his hand, the tip of the sword touched the ground, and with a light force, a striking crack appeared on the ground made of gold and stone.

Holding the sword, he came in front of Li Huo. Emperor Xia stood in front of him holding the sword like this, and the monarch and his ministers maintained this state for a long time.

"Take this sword, go and kill the person who took your son's life, and find someone you can trust to fight it. I don't want to wait another ten years..."

After a long time, the atmosphere in the arena was suppressed to the extreme. Even Li Hui's body couldn't help but trembled slightly, and he couldn't hold on anymore.

"promise!"

Taking the sword in Emperor Xia's hands with both hands, Li Huo also breathed a sigh of relief, the sweat dripping from his forehead fell to the ground, and then retreated out of the hall with a raised figure.

But under his footsteps, clear water-stained footprints were printed on the ground one by one. It turned out that his whole body was already soaked in cold sweat.

Only he knows that he personally sent his 15-year-old son to that place ten years ago and only told him one sentence.

At the same time, the secrets on his body are too heavy, even if he is as hard-hearted as him, he dare not take any chances at this moment.

Ten years have passed, and now his son is dead. When he died, he didn't even see him for the last time...

After Li Hui left, Emperor Xia sat back on the dragon chair, his eyes didn't change at all, but his expression was a bit serious, he was thinking, after all, there are tens of thousands of roads before the emperor, but there is only one way out, since If you choose, then do it, even if you are smashed to pieces.

…………

As soon as he walked out of the main hall and came to the side hall, the two vice-commanders who had been waiting here in front of him saw this and hurried forward to support the commander who was about to fall, and then waited for orders.

"There is something that I must go to in person. One of you should stay behind and the other of you should go with me."

"No~"

"No~"

The two deputy commanders looked serious when they heard the words. They didn't know what happened, but their hearts tightened, because there were some things that they didn't even know. Something big happened.

If something happened, the Anbu of the Forbidden Army must have made a mistake, which meant that an important person on their side might have died because of this incident.

With the departure of the three chief and deputy commanders, many elite troops in the imperial guards were soon mobilized and assembled to go outside the Great Xia.

…………

Elsewhere, something not too big or too small happened in Daqi. In Kyoto, the owner of a restaurant was discovered. His body was placed in the market. His body was covered with scars of various sizes, and it was too horrible to look at.

The policemen of the Daqi government office cordoned off the surrounding area, and after the widower arrived, inspected the body, and found some clothes nearby, the body was carried back to the government office by the policemen.

In less than a day, the owner of the restaurant led a woman and an old man with a white beard to claim the body.

"Husband~"

The moment the policeman of the government office lifted the white cloth and recognized the face, the woman couldn't hold back her tears, she let out an exclamation, and passed out.

And the white-bearded old man was holding a wooden staff with one hand, his eyes full of sadness, his fingers tremblingly caressing the cold body under the white cloth, and he shouted hoarsely in a low voice:

"Son! I'm home~"

The white-bearded old man endured his grief and gently stroked his own son's cold cheek with his fingers. From his face, you could vaguely see the childish look on his face.

The shopkeeper of the restaurant next to him quickly took out the money from his pocket and began to deal with the arresters in the government office.

After receiving the money and handling the paperwork, the policemen said that they must catch the murderer for the widows, so they gave up.

The woman and the white-bearded old man hired carriages and horses, bought a black coffin, placed the businessman's body, and then scattered yellow paper and walked back to the inn along the street.

In the backyard of the restaurant, white elegiac couplets were pasted on both sides of the gatehouse. A woman and a young child sat paralyzed in front of the black coffin. The black ashes burned in front of them were blown by the cold wind, creating a chill.

At night, the mourners finally dispersed, the busy boys in the yard, the servant girls, etc., quickly gathered together in an orderly manner, and then immediately opened the coffin under the old man's signal.

"Above the chest and abdomen, there are a total of eight traumatic injuries. The meat rolls outwards, suspected to be caused by sharp knives."

"The head is unharmed, but there are bruises on the back of the head, which is suspected to be caused by a heavy weapon."

"There are traumas to the limbs and throat, and there is a small hole in the arm..."

"Huh~"

"It smells light, has a fragrance, changes color when it sees silver, is highly poisonous, and is suspected of calling the spirit liquid, a kind of poison that disturbs people's souls..."

"........."

"Commander, this person was tortured before his death, perhaps his sanity had been destroyed before he died, and he committed suicide by biting his tongue with his last instinct..."

"Go down..."

"Yes."

On the other side, the deputy commander greeted the people, listened to a message, and then asked them to act according to the plan.

As for the others, nothing was found. It seemed that he was an old hand, leaving no clues. Except for a corpse, there were very few other clues.

"My lord, the other party obviously wants to lure the snake out of the hole, we..." the subordinate hesitated.

"Oh? Why is it delivered to your door?" The deputy commander continued: "Aren't we trying to lure a snake out of its hole..."

"Yes!"

A group of people stayed here for three days, just like ordinary people, they stopped the coffin, kept vigil, and then went to mourn.

However, for three days in a row, no suspicious person appeared in the crowd, which made everyone a little puzzled.

After being buried, the woman and the old man sold the restaurant, took a sum of money, and returned to their hometown with a sad heart.

The group of people walked slowly, and the acquaintances also expressed sympathy, and only after sending them out of the city did they return.

As night fell, a group of people had been squatting in a hidden tunnel for three days. Except for a new grave in the tomb ahead, there was no one else.

"Come on, everyone, if anyone can't stand it, give it to yourself..."

A figure reminded in a low voice, and the other two people suddenly became more awake.

An hour later, the sky was already a little hazy, and within two hours, it would be daylight.

"coming……"

A slight noise came from the ground, and the three people squatting woke up, and then looked around motionlessly, avoiding looking directly ahead, and could only use peripheral vision to detect.

"Dig it!"

"Yes."

It's two men in black.

When they came to Xinli's grave, those familiar with the matter began to dig, and within a quarter of an hour, a large pitch-black coffin appeared in front of their eyes.

Take out the dagger, unscrew the rivets one by one, lift the coffin lid, and a familiar face appears.

"Sir, the body is still there. Maybe we guessed it wrong?" The man in black hesitated for a moment and said, "Whether it's wrong or not, now that people are dead, it's not the same."

"Yes."

The other man in black obviously knew that this was the best outcome.

The two re-nailed the coffin and covered it with soil. After restoring it to its original state, they removed all traces around it and then slowly retreated.

"Sir, I have gained something..."

In a small courtyard, Li Ruan, who was closing his eyes to rest, opened his eyes, put his hand on the hilt of his sword, and stared at the person with red eyes for a moment, then his aura relaxed again, and after a moment of silence, he said: "I know. Come on, lead the way. By the way, give the order and ask the people under my command to bring all the guys who have been brought out. This time I will personally serve them."

"Yes!" The black-clothed guard responded, then glanced at his commander, and trembled all over, almost tense.

In the wilderness on the outskirts of Daqi's capital city, a crisp bird song rang out from the mountains and forests in the cold winter, and it rang out again after a while, echoing each other.

In a temporarily expanded stone room, more than a dozen people exuding a bloody smell were bound to the stone wall, their heads hanging down feebly.

A roll of paper with detailed records was held in Li Huo's hand, and he frowned after reading the information recorded on it.

Seeing this, the subordinates consciously took out all the things behind them and arranged them neatly.

"You all go out."

"promise……"

After receiving the order, although the people under him wanted to leave a long time ago, their pace was unhurried.

Before they walked out of the stone room, there was an inhuman howl, which was so overwhelming that everyone who had seen the methods of their own leadership felt numb in their scalps and felt cold in their backs.

Under the commander, death may be the easiest punishment.

After a day and a night, Li Huo came out of the stone room, his eyes were tired but murderous.

"Send it back to my hometown, and send some more people over, it will be of great use to me."

"Yes."

(End of this chapter)