Taiping Inn

The Little New Year is getting closer, and the seal is also getting closer.

After the Little New Year, it will be New Year's Eve and the Spring Festival.

Many things are still undecided. Li Xuandu held a regular meeting at the inn. He did not say it clearly, but just euphemistically expressed that he hoped to spend the New Year on the Three Immortals Island in the East China Sea.

Shangguan Wan and Lu Yanbing understood in their hearts, so they accelerated the progress. Although Wu Xian rejected them, they still had two helpers, Murong Hua and Liu Yushuang. The former was familiar with court officials and had extensive connections, and the latter could use the power of the female sect and had many hidden cards.

They locked on Liu Fengpan, but they could not report to Li Xuandu based on speculation alone. They had to get some real evidence. Even if the people in the martial arts world don't pay much attention to the completeness of evidence, they can't have no evidence at all, even if it's a personal testimony.

However, Liu Fengpan was able to hold a high position, and he was also cunning and prepared. The entire Ministry of Justice was run like an iron barrel. The case files of that year were either lost, or eaten by insects or burned by fire. In short, they disappeared. The old people who experienced this incident died suddenly one by one. Some died of acute illness, some fell into the water, some fell off their horses and died while drunk, and some committed suicide after being stabbed eight times in the back. No one knew what happened that year.

Of course, Liu Yi must know what happened, but Liu Yi would not say that Lan Xuanshuang had not succeeded yet.

Xie Zhi probably knew it too, but Xie Zhi had been taken to Liaodong.

Lu Yanbing wanted to ask Shen Shuangmei for help, but Shen Shuangmei went out of Beijing to handle a case. Needless to say, this was also Liu Fengpan's work.

It must be said that Lu Yanbing did underestimate Liu Fengpan. She severely slapped the face of the Ministry of Justice in the court. Including Zhao Wuqi, they all thought that the bloody case was caused by a quarrel, and the Ministry of Justice was indeed at fault, but Liu Fengpan didn't think so. He had a hunch that Lu Yanbing was not interested in the matter and was taking advantage of the situation.

In Liu Fengpan's view, what was Lu Yanbing's identity? Whether she was a disciple of Qingwei Sect or the former Right Commander of the Qingluan Guard Commandery, these were secondary. The key identity was Li Xuandu's junior sister. In other words, she followed Li Xuandu's orders, and it was well known that Li Xuandu had a good relationship with the Zhang brothers and sisters. At this time, Lu Yanbing had a conflict with the Ministry of Justice, and it was hard for him to believe that it was a simple coincidence.

However, Liu Fengpan also underestimated Lu Yanbing. He guessed that Lu Yanbing had helpers, but he did not guess that the women behind Lu Yanbing were so omnipresent.

There is no impenetrable wall in the world, and Liu Fengpan cannot cover the sky with one hand.

There will always be clues left.

Especially as a man, he can defend against swords, spears, swords and halberds, but it is difficult to defend against women's rouge.

The Female Sect is an expert in this area.

There are actually quite a few beautiful women in the world, but most of them are unknown, or their reputation is limited to a certain range. The reason why Qin Su, Su Yun'an, Gong Guan and others are so famous is that their appearance is only the most insignificant reason. The key lies in their ability, identity, family background, etc.

In terms of appearance alone, Mu Qingci, Shi Hengbo and others are not inferior to Qin Su. Mu Qingci rarely shows up in public, but Shi Hengbo, who often shows up, is famous only in the capital and Zhili. On the other hand, Qin Su, even few people had seen her true face back then. Qin Su also rarely got involved in disputes in the martial arts world. Just because she was Qin Qing's only daughter, and Qin Qing loved her, the name of Miss Qin spread like wildfire and spread all over the country.

The Female Sect believes in the idea that men conquer the world and women conquer men. There are many such beautiful women with unknown reputations under its command. After several generations of hard work by the Female Sect, they are like spider webs that spread throughout the middle and upper classes of the entire dynasty. Therefore, to deal with the Female Sect, you can't just pull out the silk and cocoon, but you must hit the spider mother in the center of the spider web and the small spiders around the spider mother.

Madam Leng is the spider mother, and Liu Yushuang is the next spider mother designated by Li Xuandu.

Now Liu Yushuang can check the list of most hidden pieces, and many important officials of the imperial party are not immune, and Liu Fengpan is no exception.

Liu Fengpan has made a thousand calculations, but he never expected that the concubine next to him would be the hidden piece of the Female Sect.

This is not that Madam Leng is prophetic, but the Female Sect has always had the habit of playing idle chess and casting a wide net. When placing a piece, you don't know what role this piece will play in the future. Maybe it will become a winner, or maybe it will still be an insignificant idle piece until death. However, if one of the ten idle pieces can play a role, it is not a loss.

When the female clan placed a pawn next to Liu Fengpan, Liu Fengpan was just a Hanlin scholar appreciated by Emperor Muzong, so the female clan did not expect that today was just a routine matter, and Liu Fengpan did not expect that he had been calculated before he became famous.

Since Liu Fengpan became a minister, he has been very careful, leaving no handle, and not giving people the opportunity to place spies in his house, but he never doubted the old man in the family before, which can be regarded as a slack.

However, there is still a problem. Liu Fengpan is very strict in managing his family. His wives and concubines cannot go out casually, and outsiders cannot enter the inner house. It is difficult to see this hidden pawn.

After thinking about it, Shangguan Wan can only take action, put down her body and sneak. With her cultivation in the realm of heaven and man, she will definitely be silent and unnoticed.

In the deep night, Shangguan Wan, dressed in black, appeared in an alley outside the Shangshu Mansion like a shadow.

Without seeing how Shangguan Wan was acting, she turned into a shadow without thickness and swept into the mansion against the wall. This is exactly the "shadow technique" taught to her by Wu Xian. Shangguan Guan Wan was unable to intercept the shadow of mountains and rivers for his own use when he was just a beginner. However, he could intercept his own shadow to disguise himself. In other words, It means that you escape into your own shadow, and the positions of people and figures are mutually altered.

There are also experts in the mansion. I don’t know if it is for public use or recruited by Liu Fengpan himself, but these people’s cultivation is only ordinary and they cannot detect Shangguan Wan’s existence at all.

After Shangguan Wan entered the mansion, she did not wander around, but instead searched for an unmanned corner, reappeared in the dark, and then took out the "Heavenly Sun and Earth Candle Dragon Seal" and passed by a maid. At that time, a faint black dotted line shot out from the "Heaven, Yang and Earth Candle Dragon Seal", turning the maid into a puppet.

Shangguan Wan ordered, "Go to Aunt Zhao's side."

The maid's face was dull, like a puppet, and she acted according to the order.

Shangguan Guan was in the shadow of the maid. If you look closely, the maid's shadow is not exactly the same as himself. It is somewhat "in harmony with his appearance", and it is darker than the shadows of others.

Soon, the maid came to Aunt Zhao's yard. Shangguan Wan escaped from the maid's shadow and lifted the control of the maid's "Tianyang Earth Yin Zhulong Seal".

The maid seemed to have woken up from a dream. She was at a loss at first, and then she found herself outside Aunt Zhao's courtyard. She was a little surprised and suspicious.

At the same time, Shangguan Wan has entered the courtyard.

The reason why Shangguan Wan did not choose to fly directly into it is because the court and the Confucian sect have rules. Flying against the wind is strictly prohibited over the inner city of the imperial capital. If someone makes an exception, it will be easily discovered. Moreover, Shangguan Wan did not know about Zhao in advance. The specific location of the aunt, so Shangguan Wan used this method to sneak into it.

Shangguan Wan sneaked directly into Aunt Zhao's bedroom and showed her figure.

Without seeing how she was doing, the maid inside and outside the bedroom had already fallen asleep. Aunt Zhao, who was sleeping on the bed, did not open her eyes, but her eyelashes trembled slightly, acting like an ordinary woman with no power, without any flaws.

Shangguan Wan whispered: "I am Shangguan Wan."

Aunt Zhao suddenly opened her eyes and looked at the person coming, not daring to believe it, "Miss Shangguan?"

Shangguan Wan had a good relationship with Mrs. Leng in the past and had many contacts. Many disciples of the Pin Nu Sect had seen her.

This Aunt Zhao is the secret son of the female sect. It can be said that success is the word "early" and failure is the word "early".

The key reason why the Female Sect can silently place a secret next to Liu Fengpan is that they started early enough. At that time, Liu Fengpan didn't think anyone would plot against him. When he encountered a romantic encounter, he ate it in one bite and put it in. Now, he doesn't dare to do this no matter what.

But it was precisely because he started early that Liu Fengpan was just a small official at that time. The Female Sect could not have sent female officials like Mu Qingci, Bei Yao, and Wei Qingyu to him, but only had an ordinary disciple. Although this disciple of the Female Sect is quite handsome and has learned how to grasp men's minds and even serve men, so many years have passed, especially after Liu Fengpan's rise, he is fond of the old and is no longer favored. Fortunately, she has not fallen out of favor yet. She can see Liu Fengpan at least ten days a month and spend five or six days a month and spend five or six days a day in her room.

Shangguan Wan took out Liu Yushuang's letter and handed it to Aunt Zhao, saying, "It's all on this."

Aunt Zhao did not dare to neglect her. After receiving the letter, she first confirmed the authenticity, then read it quickly, and finally put the letter on the candle to burn it.

"Please give me instructions from Miss Shangguan." Aunt Zhao said with her eyebrows down.

Shangguan Wan said: "You already know the specific situation. I want to know what happened back then and have any evidence left?"

Aunt Zhao hesitated for a moment and said, "According to the rules of the sect, we should pay attention to collecting the handles of the people around the pillow to threaten them in the future. Liu Fengpan acts cautiously. I just hid a letter from him many years ago. Maybe it works."

Shangguan Guan narrowed his eyes slightly, and thought to himself that he could find it without any effort to find it. He asked softly, "Where is your faith?"

Aunt Zhao got up and took out a small box from the big cabinet at the head of the bed, with a small lock hanging on it. Aunt Zhao didn't use the key, but directly pulled the lock off, opened the box, and took out one of the books.

At first glance, this book is this account book, but there is a hidden meshes, and Aunt Zhao’s letter is hidden in the meshes.

There were some burning marks on the letter. It was thought that Liu Fengpan wanted to burn it, but Aunt Zhao rescued her from the brazier.

Aunt Zhao handed the letter to Shangguan Guan and couldn't help asking, "Miss Shangguan, how long will I have to endure here?"

Shangguan Wan took the letter and said, "It won't take long. You can start preparing now. When the chaos in the mansion is in chaos, you can go directly to the female sect."

Aunt Zhao's eyes lit up: "Thank you, Miss Shangguan, for your advice."