Dali Temple Conspiracy Records

Chapter 29
"How is it, Lao Mu?"

Murong Ke raised his head from a pile of official files, "Huiming, you are here. You came just in time. I just received the report." He found a record from the file and handed it to Li Quan, who took it and quickly looked through it. After a while, I was not surprised by the result.

"According to what you said, Yushitai checked the itinerary of all officials in the treasury department and the entry and exit records of the imperial city and Shangshu province on the day the thieves invaded the treasury department on February [-]th. After comparing the two, there is indeed a discrepancy. Probably after the Zhengzheng was over, someone entered Shangshu Province with a letter of talisman, just to be on the safe side, I expanded the scope and asked all the lords of the Ministry of War, but no one claimed this passage record."

"Where is the waist card? Has anyone reported the loss?"

"So far, no report has been received. During the verification, the letters of all officials are also on me."

"Then it is very likely that this is the person who sneaked into Shangshu Province and stole the treasury department. He hid until night and did it. He probably wanted to peek at the records of the treasury department, but he was discovered by the patrol guards and he didn't have time to succeed."

"It's about the same as you expected. So you suspect that Kui Niang approached Du Yuan to remake the waist card. In other words, she is a secret agent."

Li Quan nodded.

"Then she was afraid that things would be exposed, so she committed suicide in fear of crime?"

"She went to Du's mansion again before she died. She probably wanted to hide. Do you still think she committed suicide?"

Murong Ke thought for a while, "Could it be that she was silenced? I remember you said that she had two relatively fresh wounds on her body, but she couldn't tell what sharp weapon caused it, right? Other than that, no one listened. There is no evidence to prove that she was killed."

Li Quan said in a deep voice: "I will have someone check all Kui Niang's guests one by one."

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For several days in a row, when Li Yan returned home, he was frowning deeply. Finally, Bai Sanxiu couldn't help asking, "Have you found any clues yet?"

"No."

"Could it be that Kui Niang invaded the treasury after disguised herself, and was injured while fighting with the guards?"

"Not her. The guards smelled nothing."

"Oh... what about her guests?"

"There are indeed quite a few Hu people among her guests, and there is no abnormality after checking their identities. They should be meeting at another place. In addition, the tracing of Kuiniang's own life experience can only be traced to the fact that she is indeed from Turkic."

"Unexpectedly, a romantic affair unearthed two spies."

For her emotion, Li Quan had no intention of echoing her sentiments.The most urgent task is to find the person who communicated with Kui Niang. Even if the entire organization cannot be taken down, at least it would be good to unplug the exposed outposts.

"I don't quite understand. For such latent secret operations, we usually make an appointment in advance and meet again?"

"Yes."

"Then what if there is a temporary situation?"

"Emergency contacts will also be made in advance."

"With carrier pigeons?"

"It's unnecessary if you're in the city, it's easy to attract attention." Li Guan is also really patient, answering every question, explaining to her slowly, "For short distances, you can arrange to place special items or send someone to a designated place , as a reminder."

"But there is nothing suspicious about Kui Niang's whereabouts, or there are no suspicious people around?"

"I haven't found it yet."

"Then she sent someone there? But she gave me the feeling that she has no confidants. Maybe the people she sent didn't know about it, such as her maid."

"Maybe. But her maids are doing ordinary shopping when they go out, there is nothing special about it."

"Oh..." Unconsciously, Bai Sanxiu's brows were also locked tightly like Li Quan's, showing exactly the same distressed look.

(End of this chapter)