Chapter 184 Lin Shuang
"Uncle Master, have there been any obvious changes in the imperial city during the period when we left? Or do you feel that there is something abnormal? You are a senior expert, and the problems you found must be uncommon. Therefore, I must ask you, I am not at ease with the abilities of my spies. How can they compare with you? Is it, Long'er?" After knowing Lin Shuang's personality, Li Ming began to flatter her purposefully, until Lin Shuang was afraid of Lin Long, so she simply pulled her up.
Lin Long held back his smile and looked at Lin Shuang's beautiful eyes, nodded seriously, and said, "Yes, we can't compare our abilities, right? Uncle? If you have any latest and best information, please tell me it quickly. Maybe my brother will be happy to hear it and can you pay the interest of your 2,000 taels of silver?"
Lin Shuang was immediately excited when she heard this, and hurriedly jumped up and looked at Li Ming and asked repeatedly: "Really? What Long'er said is true? You have to say ok. I want all the information in my hands, so I absolutely need the interest."
Li Ming laughed and said, "What did Uncle Master say? Don't say that the two thousand taels of silver and interest are what I should give. You are short of money for spending. Come and ask me if I want two thousand taels of silver. Can you not give it to you as a junior? Don't worry, interest is absolutely indispensable."
Lin Shuang sat down with satisfaction, with a smile on her face, and said with satisfaction: "This is almost the same. Let me tell you, I have really discovered many surprising things in the past six months. There were several times when I went to the palace to investigate. Hehe, there are many privacy matters." Speaking of this, his eyes began to glow.
Li Ming looked at Lin Long helplessly, and simply took off the jade pendant he was wearing, and reached out and handed it to Lin Shuang.
Lin Shuang's little eyes shone again, but he carefully became more and more jade pendant. He looked at Li Ming and smiled embarrassedly, and said, "Don't get me wrong. I just sighed for a moment. In fact, the biggest privacy I have discovered in the past six months is the cause of the old emperor's death." 4
"What?" Li Ming jumped up and looked at Lin Shuang with surprise. He had originally suspected that Emperor Rende's death was strange, but there was no evidence. Today, when Lin Shuang said that he actually knew the truth, why didn't he surprise and joy?
Lin Shuang was obviously very satisfied with Li Ming's reaction. He smiled and waved his hand at Li Ming, saying, "Don't worry, the young man is so impatient, sit down and listen to me slowly."
"That was the night of 30 last year. It was so boring that I was alone in the house. The villagers were all reunited with their families, and I had nothing to do. So I wandered back and forth on the roof of the imperial city. I accidentally saw the grand building of the imperial palace, and I couldn't help but sneak in."
"Although Long'er's father repeatedly warned me that there was an old Huangmen in the palace who had very high martial arts skills and was not something I could deal with, but at that time I thought, there was no such unlucky place, and that would happen to him by chance? Besides, with my martial arts, can't I escape? If I want to escape, I am afraid that Long'er's father may not be able to withstand me, so I calmed down at that time, judged the direction, and quietly jumped in from a relatively secluded place."
"I really never thought that the palace was so big that I didn't dare to use my light skills here, so I clicked an old yellow gate acupoint, put on his clothes and wandered around."
"Since it happened to be New Year's Eve, the palace was really lively. The harem was full of colorful lanterns and fireworks, and there were also many places playing riddles. The palace maids, yellow gates, and concubines in the harem all ran outside. This feasted me. I was crowded in the crowd. After visiting this yard, I went to the next yard. I was so happy that I had no idea that it passed midnight. It was not until everyone went back to sleep that I remembered alone to find the way out of the palace."
"Because I dared not use my light skills easily, I had to search one yard at a time. Unconsciously, I came to a very secluded but heavily guarded yard. Seeing the five steps and one whistle at a time, I couldn't help but be very curious. I jumped in without realizing it."
"After entering, I picked up the places with light and went there. Although there were hidden stakes everywhere along the way, there were no masters, so I easily avoided it. Unexpectedly, when I came to a room with lights, I actually saw a living chun palace in the room." Speaking of this, his little eyes began to shine again.
Lin Long knew that his old habits had begun to recur, so he hurriedly interrupted his words without waiting for him to speak again and said bluntly: "Stop! Don't talk about your dirty things. Pick up some important things for something that is irrelevant. If you can, you will be spared. I don't want to listen."
A look of disappointment immediately appeared on Lin Shuang's face. He looked at Li Ming regretfully and said aggrievedly: "I haven't said anything yet. How do you know that what I'm talking about is a dirty thing? This is a key plot, which concerns how the old emperor died. If your eldest girl doesn't want to listen, then avoid it." After saying that, he looked at Lin Long with gloating face.
Lin Long stomped his feet in anger, turned around and rushed out.
Lin Shuang smiled and squeezed her eyes at Li Ming, and continued to speak, "It would be better for him to leave, so that I would not be able to say many places. Hehe, what did I see at that time? The old emperor, that dying old man, was falling on his dragon, and was turning the phoenix upside down with a stunning teenage woman. How do you know that he is the emperor? Hehe, the woman kept shouting at the emperor in a delicate voice, and even the sound outside the window could be heard clearly. You said I was staying on the roof, uncovering the bricks and tiles and looking down, can you not hear it?"
"But that old emperor, hehe, is really strong and vigorous, and he is like he is desperate to fight hard. Haha, that brave and good at fighting are no less than a young man. I was very surprised at that time. Looking at the old emperor's body, he seemed to be seriously ill and had just recovered from a serious illness. Logically speaking, he shouldn't be like this at all. According to his body, it would be good to be able to get up barely, so I was really strange at that time, so I turned a blind eye to the Chun Palace in front of me."
"It was indeed not as expected. The old emperor was really at the end of his strength. After a fierce battle, he suddenly lay straight on the girl's body and stopped moving."
"What surprised me was that a teenage girl was not as panicked as I thought. On the contrary, she seemed very calm, as if she had expected this result. After she overthrew the old emperor to the side, she calmly sat up and poured a pot of wine from the coffee table near Longcai outside the window, and wiped the wine glass and the pot clean. At this time, she lay on Longcai again and began to scream."
"Although I felt that there was a big conspiracy here at that time, and although I wanted to stay in the local area to continue watching, at that time, I felt a danger. A powerful aura rushed towards the house where I was staying from a short distance. I thought this was the master Lin Lingfeng mentioned, so I didn't dare to continue watching. After slipping down from the roof, I quickly restrained my breath, mixed in the chaotic crowd and quietly slipped into the depths of the yard, and jumped out of an empty place."
"The next day, I saw the streets getting too cautious. After I asked around, I finally got the news that the old emperor had passed away." When facing Li Ming alone, Lin Shuang seemed to be very relaxed, so she began to speak faster and she didn't talk so much nonsense.
After listening to Lin Shuang's narrative, Li Ming fell into deep thought. At that time, his guess finally became a fact. Emperor Rende was indeed murdered. Judging from Lin Shuang's narrative, it seemed that he was using the beauty trick to make Emperor Rende addicted to women and eventually overdraw his body and die of death. The wine pot that Lin Shuang mentioned might be filled with aphrodisiacs.
However, Lin Shuang did not investigate clearly who was in charge of this matter. Perhaps it was too difficult for him to find out the secret. Now several months have passed. It is probably very difficult for the girl who started the attack to investigate this matter again.
However, in order to obtain favorable situations and public opinion in the future, Li Ming must also investigate this matter to the end, otherwise the great opportunity he got will be let go like this. Therefore, he should go to the palace early tomorrow morning to ask Li Song about the specific story of the matter. Li Ming firmly believes that Li Song, who has already been appointed as the prince, will never make the mastermind of this matter. He has no need and no courage.
The notice in the letter was settled, and Li Ming began to come back to his senses and put his attention back on Lin Shuang. Since Lin Shuang's first information was so valuable, what he said next made him look forward to even more.
Feeling Li Mingzheng's gaze, Lin Shuang smiled proudly, picked up the teacup in front of her and took a big sip, and then said, "How is it? Is this news very useful? For you, this is a good opportunity to make contributions. If you need any help from me, just say, as long as you have money, I will definitely do it for you. Okay, I'll continue."
"In addition to this incident, another great thing happened recently. Since the death of the old emperor, the current emperor has begun to block the Nanguo City. In this way, entering and leaving the city gate has become an extremely difficult thing. It is impossible for ordinary people to come in from the city gate. Judging from the height of the Nanguo City wall, it is impossible to sneak in without certain martial arts."
"And this matter is strange here, because recently, I have found that there are several different forces in the imperial city. Although most people cannot detect it, this cannot be hidden from me, who has been wandering around the roof of the imperial city all night. These forces are located in different areas of the inner city now. There are about two or three hundred people in each group. It is really good to reach out one by one. I see that there are several leaders who can still deal with me with a few moves. I really don't understand, how could so many martial arts people come here? Did they join different princes separately so that they can get a job in the future? Logically speaking, how many martial arts people can care about being officials?"
Hearing this, Li Ming interrupted nervously and asked, "What special movements have these martial arts people been doing these days? Are there any connections between them?"
Lin Shuang curled her lips and said, "Move? I don't think they have any action. They didn't see any special things in them except drinking and sleeping at the place where they gather. As for the contact, they are in different directions in the inner city, they really didn't see any connections. The reason why I pay attention to them so much is because their team is too large. Two or three hundred martial arts people gathered together. Do you think they can have no intentions?"
Li Ming nodded in praise and said, "Uncle Master is right. The more you are. If the second person is, he would not notice these situations. It seems that it is an extremely correct decision for the master to ask you to come out. With you guarding the imperial city, the business near Linjiazhuang will definitely be worry-free."
Lin Shuang laughed happily and said with an ear of gratitude: "Haha, you said it well, I like you very much, the young man is very good at speaking, haha, since you have such an appetite for me, I will simply tell you where they are. Then, if I need my old man to accompany you to investigate on the spot, I will definitely not refuse." After that, he explained the places in detail to Li Ming.
Next, Lin Shuang told Li Ming in detail about the big and small things that happened in the imperial city in the past six months. It seems that Lin Lingfeng asked Lin Shuang to come to the imperial city was a very wise thing. Lin Shuang, who is still a bachelor, is born to be a good person to collect intelligence. Since he has no family, he likes to peek at other people's privacy when he has nothing to do. This kind of curiosity is quietly necessary for an excellent intelligence personnel. Therefore, the information provided by Lin Shuang to Li Ming is very important and very timely.
Chapter completed!