King Jing, Zhu Youxiao.

His mother, Concubine Li, died early, and the young Prince Jing was adopted by the current Queen Mother. He grew up with Emperor Ning and was as close as a compatriot.

When Emperor Ning ascended the throne at the age of eleven, Zhu Youxiao was fourteen years old, and the Empress Dowager Liu took control of the government.

During the six years, Zhu Youxiao worked in many ways to win over northern civil servants and censors for Emperor Ning, thereby weakening the power of his relatives.

Emperor Ning finally took charge at the age of seventeen, and when he was twenty-one, he named Zhu Youxiao Prince Jing.

Originally everything was calm, but in recent years, Prince Jing was reorganizing the administration outside the palace, building rivers to provide disaster relief, and preparing food and fodder for the border troops, and his reputation became increasingly high.

The Chief Eunuch began to try his best to make things difficult for Prince Jing's palace. Many people in Prince Jing's old department were imprisoned. Even the chief eunuchs around Prince Jing were replaced by people from the new sect of the Chief Eunuch.

Some people said that Emperor Ning had a rift with Prince Jing, while others said that Prince Jing gradually became disloyal.

On Emperor Ning's 42nd birthday last year, Prince Jing did not return to the capital because he was building a river to provide disaster relief.

The former brothers suddenly became strangers.

Just like in the storyteller's story, once everyone becomes a king, everything becomes boring.

Chen Ji thought of his master's superb hexagram skills, and suddenly felt deep worries in his heart. If the master really wanted to use the dragon energy of Prince Jing's Mansion to train his disciples, then Prince Jing's Mansion might not be able to survive this calamity.

The Military Intelligence Department of the Jing Dynasty, the Secret Intelligence Department of the Ning Dynasty, and the Liu family were like a huge whirlpool, trying to sweep Prince Jing's palace into the bottom of the sea.

As the saying goes, wealth can be found in danger, and ice flows only where there are disasters. The master is not using hexagrams to seek good fortune and avoid misfortunes. He is clearly using hexagrams to guide him through big pits accurately!

Wu Yun said good night to Chen Ji and climbed over the wall back to Wanxing Garden.

Chen Ji stood alone by the counter, quietly thinking about the current situation.

While I was thinking about it, I heard movement coming from the backyard.

Boom, boom, boom.

There was a knock on the door.

Chen Ji frowned. It was already midnight, and it would be dawn in more than two hours. Why would anyone come to the door?

Is it a golden pig? I wonder what the golden pig’s purpose is in coming to the hospital at this time?

He went to open the door.

However, when the main door of the medical center was opened, Chen Ji suddenly felt his heart palpitate and took a few steps back!

But he saw that it was none other than the dead shopkeeper of Bailu Pavilion Yuan!

Shopkeeper Yuan has a fair face, a strange smile, and a cold aura all over his body.

Chen Ji once witnessed with his own eyes that Si Cao pinched Shopkeeper Yuan's chin, inserted the knife into the opponent's heart inch by inch, and crushed the heart completely.

But how can a person with a broken heart come back to life?!

Rumbling, dull autumn thunder sounded in the sky, black clouds enveloped Luo City at some point, and icy rain fell.

This was the first rain since Chen Ji came to Luocheng. It was not like the continuous and thin autumn rain, but rather heavy and rapid.

Amid the lightning and thunder, Chen Ji no longer retreated. He pulled out the dagger he had hidden in his sleeve for some time and stabbed Shopkeeper Yuan's neck with the dagger.

But before the knife arrived, shopkeeper Yuan gently raised his hand and pinched the tip of the knife with two fingers, preventing Chen Ji from making any progress.

The tip of the knife just stopped, as if time and space had frozen.

Shopkeeper Yuan smiled and said: "Don't be so nervous. It's not Shopkeeper Yuan's ghost that's coming to find you. It's me, Director of the Military Intelligence Department."

Chen Ji was shocked. He looked at Shopkeeper Yuan in front of him. His expression was natural and nothing strange. Who would have thought that this was actually a human skin mask?

Human skin mask?

He had only heard of this kind of thing in stories.

Previously, he was still thinking about who would replace the shopkeeper Yuan after the unexplained death of Bailu Pavilion. Unexpectedly, it was Si Cao himself who pretended to be shopkeeper Yuan.

Chen Ji slowly relaxed his strength in his hands and said, "Master Si Cao, I'm sorry, I didn't know it was you."

But Si Cao smiled and said comfortingly: "It's a good thing to be vigilant. How can I blame you?"

"Master Si Cao came here so late, why?"

"I want to tell you some bad news," Si Cao said calmly: "Previously, in order to arrange for the spies who knew about your existence to withdraw to the north, a pigeon-level spy rebelled. We have been looking for him for two days, but his whereabouts are still unknown.

.I suspect that he will defect to the Ningchao Secret Intelligence Department...or he has already defected."

Chen Ji's heart tightened.

A Jingchao spy who knew his existence turned traitor? Doesn't this mean he will die?

He asked in a solemn voice: "Which spy is he? Has he seen me?"

Si Cao walked into the medical center, turned back and closed the main door of the medical center, and then said slowly: "He is Zhou Chengyi's subordinate. He met you in Zhou Chengyi's mansion."

Have you seen me?

Chen Ji thought quickly in his mind. If the other party had seen him in Zhou Chengyi's mansion, then the other party must also know his status as a medical apprentice.

At this time, the spy should not have betrayed him yet. If he had really betrayed him, the Golden Pig would have brought someone to kill him.

But why did the other party defect?

Chen Ji pretended to be confused: "What's wrong with arranging a retreat to the north of Jing Dynasty? We don't have to worry about it in Ning Dynasty. Why would it cause him to rebel?"

Si Cao explained: "This man is one of the best spies in our Military Intelligence Department. He has always done things neatly and ruthlessly. I asked someone to send him a message to prepare for evacuation, but he thought I wanted to silence him, so he killed the person who sent the message and disappeared.

Gone."

No, no, it won't be that simple.

Chen Ji frowned.

With the nature of this Secretary Cao, he probably really wanted to kill someone and silence him, but the people he sent did not expect that this spy would be so troublesome and he was killed instead.

"Lord Si Cao, does he know why you... arranged for him to evacuate?" Chen Ji asked.

"Of course I won't tell him about this," Si Cao replied.

Therefore, the traitorous spy did not know why he was silenced.

However, once the other party really turns to the Secret Service, he will definitely reveal everything he knows, and then... he will be in danger!

"Lord Si Cao, may I ask where he might be hiding... hmm?" Chen Ji sensed something was wrong and quickly backed away.

But how could his retreat speed be as fast as his opponent's pursuit?

In just one breath, Chen Ji was grabbed by the opponent's throat with one hand and lifted up in the air.

Master Si Cao sighed: "Don't say anything, or I will have to kill the entire courtyard."

Chen Ji struggled hard, his face turned red from holding back.

However, in front of an official like Si Cao who has been practicing for many years, he, a novice who has just started, has no room for resistance.

Chen Ji wanted to shout loudly and ask the sleeping Liang Gouer to take action, but his throat could not make any sound at all.

He could only struggle and write on the back of the opponent's hand with his fingers: Why kill me?

Si Cao did not answer, but quietly stared at Chen Ji's pupils, as if looking at a dead specimen.

Chen Ji thought about lightning in his mind. The reason why Si Cao killed him was because the other party wanted to completely clean up the intelligence lines that the defecting spy might reveal.

This is a purge policy commonly used by all intelligence agencies. Intelligence work is extraordinary. Once a flaw occurs, the entire team needs to be evacuated or purged.

If the defected spy reveals Chen Ji, Chen Ji might reveal Bailu Pavilion.

Bailu Pavilion is one of the largest financial resources of the Jing Dynasty Military Intelligence Department in the Ning Dynasty, so there is no room for failure!

Chen Ji felt anxious, and he quickly looked around, looking at ways to save himself, but the gunpowder had not been made yet. Even if it had been completed, the best he could do at this distance would be to die together with Si Cao.

The two most important words in the world are nothing more than power and strength.

Chen Ji had imagined that he could live peacefully in a hospital and be an imperial doctor, and he could also imagine that he could travel around the country and escape from the Secret Service and the Military Intelligence Department. However, all these fantasies were not supported by strength and power, and were all delusions.

Practice!

Practice is the most important thing!

But what to do now?

At this moment, there was another knock on the door at the hospital!

Boom, boom, boom.

The sound seemed a little dull in the rain curtain, but it was particularly abrupt.

Si Cao's pupils suddenly shrank. He quickly carried Chen Ji to the corner of the main hall, his eyes flickering, as if he was thinking about whether to kill Chen Ji directly and then break out.

He looked at Chen Ji, who quickly wrote with his fingers on the back of his hand: I'll handle it!

The hospital became quiet, except for the sound of rain outside.

After a while, Si Cao whispered: "You know what to do. If you ask for help, you will die first."

Chen Ji struggled and nodded.

Si Cao put Chen Ji down and slowly released his hand.

Chen Ji rubbed his neck and asked calmly: "Who is it?"

The person outside the door calmly said: "Golden Pig, open the door. If you have something to ask for, I have the same agreement as Yun Sheep and White Rabbit. I will give you fifty taels of silver at a time."

Si Cao and Chen Ji looked at each other, and Chen Ji lowered his voice and said quickly: "He must not have caught the traitorous spy, otherwise he would not be so polite."

"Then what is he doing?"

Chen Ji said hurriedly: "Your action of hunting down traitors must have disturbed the Secret Intelligence Department. I'm afraid they want to find this person before you do. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I can use the Secret Intelligence Department's help to find him."

What clues does the Secret Service have?"

Si Cao's face was calm, showing no emotion. Another urging voice came from outside the door: "Boy, open the door quickly."

Chen Ji said again: "Master Si Cao, although Yunyang and Jiaotu have been imprisoned, I have gained the trust of Jinzhu and can still get close to the internal minister. I know you care about Bailu Pavilion, and I care about you as much.

This is my loyalty to Jing Chao. Don’t worry, I will definitely find this traitor and find a way to get rid of him!"

Si Cao narrowed his eyes slightly: "Think about the consequences before doing anything. If you ask the Golden Pig for help, you will definitely reveal your identity as a Jingchao spy. By then, even if you surrender, the Golden Pig will not let you go. You know

How much they hate us."

"clear!"

Si Cao slowly retreated behind the counter and squatted down, pricking up his ears and listening.

Chen Ji adjusted his collar to cover up the pinch marks, walked towards the door and opened it.

Outside the door, the golden pig was wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat, standing in the pounding rain: "Why did you take so long?"

Behind the golden pig, there are more than a dozen spies standing solemnly wearing raincoats.

Chen Ji whispered: "Someone just got up at night to urinate, so we were delayed... Why did Mr. Golden Pig come to visit?"

Jin Zhu said: "Follow me, we captured a spy from the Military Intelligence Department in Red Lane. They seem to be arresting a renegade spy. We have to find this person first. This person is very important!"

After that, Jin Zhu asked someone to throw a raincoat to Chen Ji.

Chen Ji put on his raincoat and casually glanced at the counter of the medical clinic.

In the end, he did not single out Si Cao, but simply put on his raincoat and turned around to walk into the heavy rain.
Chapter completed!