The dark Tongji Street.

If it were normal, Tongji Street would be extremely lively at this time.

Various merchants would invite theater troupes to their homes to entertain guests. There was a long queue of carriages and horses in front of the door, and the coachmen of each family squatted in the corner to gamble and brag.

But Tongji Street was quiet today. Many merchants left overnight, for fear of being caught by the Secret Service and used as spies for Jing Dynasty.

In the abandoned mansion, seven men in black wearing bamboo hats stood solemnly around the corpse of Shopkeeper Yuan, like seven sculptures.

While Chen Ji was thinking, the others didn't dare to say a word for fear of disturbing his thoughts.

What happened in the Yingke Restaurant just now is still vivid in their minds. With their new boss who has great insight, the spies didn't even dare to breathe, as if they were pressed by a huge boulder above their heads.

Chen Ji looked at the corpse of shopkeeper Yuan who was not moving on the ground, and suddenly asked: "The knife stabbed the vital part, which is consistent with the killer method of Yingke Restaurant, indicating that the two scenes were indeed done by the same person. Among the thieves in Jing Dynasty, some were good at using short knives.

? There are not many killers who use daggers as handy weapons."

Xifeng hurriedly said: "There is a man who is extremely good at daggers. Our colleagues in Jinling tried to arrest him, but this thief killed more than ten people and then jumped into the Qinhuai River to escape... We also suspected that this man committed the crime, but he had not done so before.

The skill of breaking a knife has not been demonstrated, so we are a little uncertain again."

Chen Ji asked: "How long ago did the Jinling incident happen?"

West Wind replied: "It seems to have been three years ago."

Chen Ji nodded: "Three years is already a long time. Maybe this person has developed some special skills in these three years. For the time being, he will be designated as the biggest suspect and the documents will be sent out to sea."

Anyway, Gui is going back to Jing Dynasty to help him bear the hatred of the Secret Intelligence Department, so there should be no problem.

But I heard Xifeng wonder: "No, this man acts cautiously. During the last fight, he wore a green-faced fanged mask, and no one could see his appearance clearly. This sea fishing document cannot be issued. But Lord Golden Pig has already led his people out of the city.

Block all traffic arteries so they can't escape."

Chen Ji's heart sank, it turned out that Jin Zhu had gone out of the city to set up the card himself.

He asked casually: "Are you sure that the traitors from Jing Dynasty have escaped from Luo City?"

Xifeng thought for a while and said: "It's impossible to be sure, but the biggest goal of the Jing Dynasty thieves is to steal our firearms. Now that they have succeeded, the top priority must be to send the firearms back to Jing Chao. There is no benefit in staying here."

I still don’t know the traces. After I used three firearms in a row last night, the incident was rushed to the capital eight hundred miles away. The border troops were regarded as a top priority. The land and water routes leading to the north were blocked one by one.

, we must not let the Jing Dynasty thieves bring firearms back to Jing Dynasty.

In fact, Jing Chao did not obtain the firearms, but everyone believed that they had obtained them, and the Secret Service was using the highest standards to block all northbound routes.

Fortunately, Gui did not choose to go north directly, otherwise he might have fallen into a trap by now.

Chen Ji squatted down next to Shopkeeper Yuan's body, thinking about what he should do next.

First of all, I definitely can't go after Gui and Wu Hongbiao. If I catch these two people, I will suffer.

Secondly, he must capture a group of Jingchao spies, otherwise Golden Pig will not let him go.

But who to arrest...

Wait, he thought about who he should catch.

Chen Ji calmly asked: "Xifeng, when you found the body, was he already naked? Are there any clues to prove his identity?"

Xifeng squatted next to Chen Ji and responded in a low voice: "This person is an official from Kujue Temple in Jing Dynasty. He should be a spy of Jing Dynasty. His other identity is still under investigation... There are no other clues at the moment."

Chen Ji frowned: "Are there no other clues? What have you done today?"

The spies suddenly felt the pressure doubled. Xifeng hurriedly said: "Today we asked all the neighbors on Tongji Street to come over and identify them one by one, but no one has seen him in the entire Tongji Street. This mansion belongs to an Huizhou merchant and has been abandoned.

It's been more than a year... We also called in the local dentists and the local chief to identify them, and we checked everything we could for a day."

This corpse seemed to appear out of thin air, and no one in the vicinity for several miles knew the identity of this person.

It's not that the spies didn't work hard, it's because there are really no clues.

Chen Ji said calmly: "It's freezing cold. This person couldn't have walked out of the house naked by himself. The killer must have taken away his clothes after killing him. Why did the other party take away his clothes? His clothes must have been thick enough.

Recognizability, someone may use this to identify him."

Xifeng asked: "Sir, have you thought of a way to trace it?"

"How many people are there in the Secret Service in Los Angeles?"

"Master Golden Pig has left forty-two people to guard Luo City."

"Transfer them all here and seal off the East City," Chen Ji stood up and said slowly: "Since reasoning doesn't work, let's use a simpler elimination method. This person must be living in Luo City, and his disappearance is absolutely unreasonable.

There will be no disturbance at all. Call the mayor and Yaren of Dongshi to come over and investigate all the missing persons within the scope of Dongshi. Anyone who disappears inexplicably will be the deceased."

At this time, there is no shopkeeper Yuan in Bailu Pavilion. This is the only clue pointing to Bailu Pavilion.

As long as it is confirmed that Shopkeeper Yuan is missing, he will have reason to search Bailu Pavilion to arrest people for interrogation and have an explanation for Jin Zhu. If he copies the paper based on the answers, there is no reason why he will make mistakes.

Chen Ji knew that Gui took away shopkeeper Yuan's clothes because he didn't want the Secret Service to find out about Bailu Pavilion and ruin the financial resources of the Military Intelligence Department.

But what does this have to do with Chen Ji? There are so many ginseng hidden in Bailu Pavilion, which is exactly what he needs.

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Late at night, the lieutenant was snatched from his home by a spy. He followed the spy cautiously, fearing that he would make the gang of hell kings around him unhappy and eat him alive.

Xifeng held a torch in his hand and led the spies to knock on the doors of the stores one by one and search them carefully.

There was a sound of fear in the originally quiet shop. The shopkeeper and the clerks who were sleeping had no time to put on their cotton-padded jackets before they were mercilessly dragged to the street by the spies, shivering with cold.

Xifeng and others had serious expressions on their faces. It was not until the store manager confirmed that there was no shortage of people in the store that the spies let the shopkeepers and waiters go back to sleep.

Chen Ji followed the spy without saying a word. His mind was not on these unrelated shops. He was just waiting to investigate each house and get closer and closer to Bailu Pavilion.

In order to prevent the Jingchao traitors in Bailu Pavilion from making a desperate counterattack, he always hid in the back in a desperate fight.

However, when he was about to find Bailu Pavilion, Chen Ji felt something was wrong... it was too quiet.

Bailu Pavilion seemed to be unaware of what was happening in the outside world. No one tried to escape. It was just like an ordinary shop.

The next moment, Xifeng stepped forward and knocked on the main door of Bailu Pavilion.

Inside the door, someone pulled the latch.

With a creak, the door was opened from the inside. A young and sleepy waiter was dazzled by the light of the torch. He squinted his eyes and covered his eyes with his palms: "Who is it? What happened in the middle of the night?"

Xifeng didn't say anything, but saw the head of the house walking up to him holding the household book, and asked with a smile: "There was a murder over there on Tongji Street, but the identity of the deceased cannot be determined. We are going door to door to check if anyone is missing. Little guy

, could you please call out everyone in the store, we will leave after checking."

"Oh..." The young waiter turned around and shouted into the house: "Shopkeeper! The store manager has brought someone here, saying he wants to see if there are many people in our store."

Chen Ji's muscles all over his body tensed up, ready to kill or retreat at any moment.

However, he suddenly froze.

I saw a plump figure in the house leading five waiters to the door, and said with a smile: "Master Li, these are the people in our Bailu Pavilion store, they are all here."

Shopkeeper Yuan!

Chen Ji almost thought he had seen it wrong, but he confirmed again and again that the plump figure in front of him was wearing a bright red satin robe and a golden beam crown. Who could he be if he wasn't Shopkeeper Yuan?!

At one moment, he even felt a little dazed.

In Bailu Pavilion, Si Caogui cut off the neck of a shopkeeper Yuan. On Tongji Street, Chen Ji also cut off the neck of a shopkeeper Yuan with his own hands. But now in Bailu Pavilion, another yuan shopkeeper appeared.

Shopkeeper!

It seems that the other party cannot be killed, like a ghost that cannot be driven away.

He wanted to grab the other person's collar and ask, are you a human or a ghost?!

Chen Ji stared at Shopkeeper Yuan's fair face. He knew that this face was a new human skin mask. When the Jingchao Military Intelligence Department found out that Si Cao 'Xin' had died, they must have found a new person to replace him.

The human skin masks have been prepared in advance.

Do you want to expose the other party's human mask now?

But after being exposed, how should I explain to Xifeng, how do I know that the other person's face is a human skin mask? Xifeng is not a fool, and the other party may even notice that he is rushing to Bailu Pavilion tonight

Coming!

In front of the gate of Bailu Pavilion, I heard the head of the store say to Xifeng: "Sir, Bailu Pavilion is an old merchant in my East City. They have always been these people. They can't be wrong."

Xifeng looked at Shopkeeper Yuan: "Luo City is not at peace these days. If you find anything abnormal, please report it to us in time."

Shopkeeper Yuan said with a smile: "I'm sure, we are all law-abiding and good citizens of Luo City, and it is our duty to help you catch the bad guys."

Xifeng hummed, and he simply said, "Close the doors and windows," and then went to the next shop.

In the end, Chen Ji didn't say anything to reveal the truth. He turned around and followed Xifeng away, leaving shopkeeper Yuan and his clerks standing calmly at the threshold of Bailu Pavilion, with calm expressions and no sign of joy, anger or joy.

At this time, a spy suddenly came from a distance. When he came closer, the spy said to Xifeng: "Sir, when we were investigating at Li Ji's Garment Shop, we got an important clue.

.The shopkeeper in that shop said that last night he saw four Jianghu people with swords sneaking out from behind Hongyi Alley when we were blocking Hongyi Alley. These people might be Jingchao thieves.

!”

Chen Ji's heart sank. Could it be that they were the four people who abandoned the prince and Bai Li?!
Chapter completed!