Nirvana In Fire

The cat next door came to my house today and played with it for a long time, so the writing was a little scattered...

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“Last night? Last night was New Year's Eve. What happened?” Muqing jumped up and asked.

“Last night His Majesty the Emperor gave twelve courses of yearly cuisine, according to custom, to all the emperors. Does the Little Prince know about this? ”

“Yes, we received a bowl of pigeon eggs... and the Emperor didn't give us any good...”

“Green!” Nephew scolds, "you always look so insincere and disingenuous, let Wei wash the horses well. ”

Muqing shrunk his neck and dared not speak again.

“Each dish given this year is sent out by a team of five inmates," Wei Jingan continued, “and naturally sent 12 teams last night. But until dawn, only 11 teams came back. The Prohibited Army and the Guard Battalion had to travel together and eventually found the bodies of the five men near the palace city. ”

“Corpse? Killed?” Nephew Willow Eyebrow picked.

“Yes, the killing technique is very lucrative, it's all a sword sealing the throat, the deceased has a pale face, the clothes are clean, and there is no struggle like being killed in the sky. ”

“Such a method must have been done by a master of the river and lake,” Nephew conceived, and asked, "Is there any direction to follow? Isn't there anything left over from the crime scene? ”

She had just asked the two questions and saw Mae Chang Su making a pause gesture.

“Mr. Su...”

“It's not too late to talk about the killer later," Mae Chang-su's eyes set on Wei Jing-ean's face, "tell me first what happened to President Montague? ”

Wei Jingan immediately saw Su Zhe's main reason for hurrying to report. He couldn't help but float his admiration. "President Montague is in a bad position. On New Year's Eve, at the foot of the heavens, by the walls of the palace city, killing the inmates of the Imperial Palace is a serious provocation to the imperial authority. His Majesty was very angry when he heard the news. Since the site of the incident had not left the interior bank of the Palace City moat, it should fall under the protection of the Prohibited Army, and President Montagnard was primarily responsible for the incident. His Majesty accused him of negligence and weak guards, so bad blood on New Year's Eve that he was ordered to take his staff on the spot for twenty..."

“The staff?” Mae Chang-su's brow tip jumped a little, “or was it ruthless... then what? ”

“Order President Mongolia to solve the case within thirty days and apprehend the murderer, or else he will be given a heavier punishment. ”

“What is the emperor thinking?” Mu Qing couldn't help but jump up again. “President Meng was loyal enough to defend Miyagi all these years. Even if he had responsibility in this case, the Emperor could not send all the fire on him. How could he be so faint...”

“Green!” Nephew drinks loudly, "said Paranoid Junfei. You ever talk but your brain? ”

“There are no outsiders here...” Mu Qing muttered softly and shrunk back.

Nephew thought about it and looked back at Mae Changsu. He sat silently, rethinking with his hands and his forehead. Without daring to disturb him, he turned around and lowered his tone. He said: "Wei Shuima, please continue to follow up on the follow-up news and report back immediately. ”

“Yes.”

“Gentlemen, please step back and the matter will soon spread, but I do not want to hear from the people of King Mu's house on any occasion to discuss the matter. It depends on your restraints. ”

“Yes! ”

“Qing, go back to your room immediately and think for two hours. How many times do I have to tell you to change this hairy girl? ”

“Sister...”

“Go! ”

“Yes...”

In a blink of an eye, the people in the hall had retreated as clean as the tide. Nephew walked slowly to Mae Chang-su and slowly squatted in front of him. He whispered, "Brother Lin Shu, isn't President Montague very close to you? ”

Mae Chang Su lifted her eyes gently and nodded her head: “Yes. ”

“Do you want the neon to go into the palace and plead for him? ”

Mae Chang Su sighed slightly and shook his head, “Not for now. What worries me now is not his current situation, but the development of the whole event in the future...”

“Later? ”

“Though the heavens are difficult to detect, the Emperor is not a fool, and he would never deny the ability of Meng Min to take charge of the Forbidden Army and guard Palace City on such a single case. Scolding is fine, the staff is fine, but it is an outburst under the anger of an emperor, and President Montague can bear the past. Unfortunately, this beating is not over. If the case cannot be solved within 30 days, and moreover, if similar new cases continue to occur in the future, the Emperor's assessment of Meng Si will get lower and lower, which is the real danger...”

“New case?” Nephew is somewhat surprised, "you mean there will be more...”

“It's just how I feel.” Mae Chang-su stretched out his hand to pull up the neon and let her sit beside him, explaining, "You think killing people has motive, why choose these five inmates? Of course love is the least likely. Vengeance? What kind of hatred would an ordinary inmate in the palace forge to kill them outside the palace on New Year's Eve? Robbery? There will be no precious silver money on them, clothes are also intact... throwing aside these common motives for killing, there is also a reason for killing on the river and lake, that is, the masters compete, to take fame, but the five inner silence, none of the hands-on martial arts, to practice weak hands... so think about it, the reason for killing them should have nothing to do with themselves, just go for their identity. ”

Nephew turned to himself: “That is, all the murderers wanted to kill were the inmates of the Emperor Chin's palace, and he didn't care how many inmates. ”

“It should be.” Mae Changsu said, while correcting his own thinking, "But why kill Chin? Demonstrate to the Emperor to annoy him? Prepare for further action to test the Forbidden Army's defense? Or... simply going for Brother Montgomery, trying to shake the trust he received in front of the Emperor... no matter what the purpose, you can stop by killing five inmates. ”

“But… with the information available, we simply cannot judge what the killer's purpose is? ”

“Nephew, remember, when you don't know where the enemy's arrows are going, be sure to protect your worst parts first. Anything else can be slowly corrected as long as it doesn't get a move on dying.” May Chang Su smiled faintly, "In this case, we should protect Brother Montgomery before considering adjusting the response after we have more information. Anyway, as long as Brother Montgomery is in charge of the Banned Army, there won't be much accidents in Miyagi. ”

Nephew thought about it, and his eyes grew brighter: “I get it. Let's assume that their goal is to confirm what we should do next. ”

“Not bad," Mae Chang-su laughed, “from the current situation, killing these five inmates has no effect on the security of Miyagi, so their most likely aim is to weaken the emperor's trust in the Prohibited Army. And the objective of weakening the Prohibition Army is, of course, to control Miyagi, so it is further speculated that those who want to control Miyagi are naturally the closest to the center of power. ”

“The prince and the king of honor...” the nephew murmured.

“Yes, one of both. However, Yu Wang did not have many military hearts and minds. Even if he pulled down Meng Xin, he could not find a trusted successor to replace him. Prince...” May Chang Su took a deep look at Neon, “He has someone...”

“Ning Guo Hou Xie Yu!” Nephew will combine his palms and look suddenly, “Xie Yu is a pint of the army, deeply received the Emperor's petition, the patrol camp forces in his hand should not be underestimated, and there are also a number of subordinates who can be deployed. Once the Prohibition Army is suppressed or the President of Mongolia is dismissed, only he can successfully handle it...”

“It makes sense to speculate like this. However... the Emperor is not confused. He has great faith in Montreal. However angry, his dismissal is far from...” Mae Chang Su raised his eyebrows, "so I think that if this is really Xie Yu's pen, he must have some kind of backhand...”

“Will the constant creation of new cases and daily killings, as you have just said, make the Emperor increasingly disbelieve in the defensive capabilities of the Prohibition Army? ”

“Meng Xi will definitely make a big effort from now on, killing people won't be easy...”

“But when a palace is overgrown, there will always be a hundred secrets. If an enemy like Xie Yu maliciously does it, he is afraid of defense. ”

“You also have reason...” May Changsu closed his eyes, put his back brain on the back of the chair, muttered to himself, “But if I am Xie Yu, when it is not just a simple method of killing... If the Emperor no longer trusts the sincere, he must address the emperor's weakness...”

Speaking of which, Mae Chang Su's eyes suddenly opened and his black crystalline eyes stirred, suddenly standing out of his seat.

“Brother Lindsey? ”

“His Majesty's weakness is suspicion!” May Chang Su took a deep breath and took a quick breath, "the reason he trusted Monty was to confirm that he was sincerely loyal to him and that he had no private relationship with the two little masters. But at this critical time, Xie Yuliu's wrist will make things worse if he induces the king to go to the Emperor for a sincere courtesy. ”

“Will the king of honor be so easily lured into the urn? ”

“The king of honor needs a sword too much now. After the fall of Gyeongguo, he had no military presence at all. Even if people think that King Jing is now friends with him, it is only symbolic treatment, if he can get the preference of the banned army president, he will surely dream and wake up laughing.” The tighter Mae Changsu's eyebrows are, "it is not difficult to seduce him. Just try to send him a wind, saying that President Montague was scolded by the Emperor for the murder on the inside of the moat, and His Royal Highness has rushed to speak to the president in private. How do you want the king to leave this person behind and give this person to the prince alone? He will definitely go into the palace immediately to see the driver. In front of the Emperor, he will do everything in his power to speak for Meng sincerely. Even if the president cannot be thankful to invest in himself, at least he cannot be pulled together by the prince...”

Nephew listened, his face grew pale, "His Majesty was suspicious of his nature, and now he is angry. Once he sees the King of Honor defending President Montgomery so diligently, he will surely suspect that there is no shallow friendship between them. It is absolutely intolerable for the Emperor to guard the Forbidden Commander of Palace City if he is associated with a potentially rival prince. ”

“This is a tough chess step. The chess pieces will be the heart of the emperor.” Mae Chang Su slightly bit his teeth. "Xie Yu played this chess... Nephew, pay attention to the situation, I must go to the Imperial Palace immediately. ”

“Yes.” Nephew knew that it was not difficult to spare the king of honor without a trace in advance, so he got up to accompany him to the second door and saw him rush to the sedan. This led him back to the small study and called Wei Jingan to discuss the next steps.

Neither Nephew nor Mae Chang-su thought at the time that, although they had been informed very quickly and that the analysis of the situation and the operational strategy developed were quite correct, they had finally slowed down a step by step.

Yu Wang had just left the Imperial Palace a minute before Mae Chang-su arrived and entered the palace.

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