The Famous Detective of the Red Mansion

Chapter 480: Chapter 480: Internal Correspondence

Chapter 480: Chapter 480: Internal Correspondence

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The rain was pouring down in torrents.

Inside the carriage, Sun Shaozong leaned against a soft cushion, his right palm hanging in front of him with his fingers parted, as if holding up something huge. His expression was subtle and mixed with three ripples.”

Outside, Zhang Cheng let out a loud cry, and the carriage suddenly slowed down before stopping under the rain curtain.

Although the speed was not very fast at first, Sun Shaozong couldn't help leaning forward unexpectedly. He frowned and was about to ask what was wrong, but Zhang Cheng had already raised the curtain of the car and reported, "Second Master, it was the people of the Dragon Guard who stopped the way.”

In fact, there was no need for him to report, Sun Shaozong had also seen several Dragon Guards blocking the way ahead.

Seeing that the carriage had already stopped, several Dragon Guards rolled over and dismounted, kneeling like fans in the mud and water. They all said in unison, "Your Excellency, Pacifer Lu has instructed you to quickly return to the Northern Detective Department for deliberation.”

Lu Hui was in a hurry to summon him, was there some big trouble again?

This was really a tumultuous autumn!

Sun Shaozong leaned his head out of the car and loudly ordered, "Let someone familiar with the matter come up here, let the others go ahead.”

Without hesitation, a small general jumped onto the shaft of the carriage and sat side by side with Zhang Cheng, poking its head into the carriage. Without waiting for Sun Shaozong to ask, it detoured, "I only heard that it was the errand of Qingxu Temple was ruined, causing the Pacifer to be furious. I don't know anything about the rest.”

Did the mission fail?

Sun Shaozong nodded calmly until the small general obediently withdrew from the carriage, which unconsciously furrowed his brow.

The place where the White Lotus Sect's followers settled was near the Qingxu Temple. If not unexpected, it should be a mistake in this matter.

But logically speaking, it shouldn't be!

The action plan for the followers of the White Lotus Sect was formulated by Sun Shaozong and Lu Hui after repeated deliberation, and in the initial stage, it was mainly focused on surveillance. Even if there were still some flaws, they shouldn’t be exposed so quickly.

Furthermore, the beggars under Hong Jiu's command had continuously investigated for several days before, and even those unprofessional beggars could be undetected. It was unreasonable that the mission failed after replacing them with the elite of the Dragon Guard…

Wait!

Was it because the beggars had already exposed their flaws? So after the Forbidden Guard took over, they coincidentally caught up with the original breakthrough plan of the White Lotus Sect?

It was not right either.

If that were the case, when Hong Jiu withdrew from his post the afternoon before yesterday, the White Lotus Sect would have taken action.

Was it…

When they arrived outside the Northern Detective Department, the carriage had just stopped. The small general had already taken the coir raincoat from behind and held it up in front of Sun Shaozong with both hands.

Sun Shaozong got out of the carriage in his cloak and hurriedly climbed the stone steps. He saw eight Dragon Guards lined up like wild goose wings.

“Inspector.”

As soon as he crossed the threshold, Yang Licai flashed out of his figure, leaning his shoulder to lead the way and lowering his voice, saying, "As soon as the rain started, the thieves of the White Lotus Sect scattered and fled from several inns where they were hiding. Although the people we sent to keep an eye on were immediately alerted and gathered the people buried nearby, they were still half a step late, and only half of the thieves could be intercepted.”

“Due to the fierce resistance of the thieves, they killed about ten more on the spot and brought back six alive. Now the Pacifer is personally interrogating them.”

Someone really leaked the news!

“Among those captive, are there…”

“There are no more captives left.”

Sun Shaozong was just about to inquire if there were any leaders of the White Lotus Sect among the captives. He then heard a message from the front, "The six captured have just died completely.”

As he spoke, a gloomy Lu Hui appeared at the corner of the corridor.

“Pacifer.”

Sun Shaozong and Yang Licai were busy bowing, while Lu Hui didn't answer either. He only waved his robe sleeve at Yang Licai, and Yang Licai immediately bowed and retreated with interest.

After Yang Licai left, Lu Hui took Sun Shaozong to the middle of the corridor and found a place with a wide view. Then he said in a deep voice, "Before the thieves of the White Lotus Sect rushed out of the inn, they had already taken the poison, and before I could interrogate them, they were poisoned and killed.”

“Before they died, they recited some inexplicable scriptures loudly. Although I didn't quite understand them, I could roughly distinguish the meaning of it. ”Going to die with one's own body.” Obviously, they were aware of each other's prior poisoning.”

“So…”

Upon hearing this, Sun Shaozong couldn't help but frown and say, "I'm afraid the other party has already penetrated our identity, otherwise they wouldn't have used such a means to cut off all means of retreat.”

The personnel of the White Lotus Sect swallowed the poison first, naturally not preparing for any suicide attacks, but to avoid being caught alive and punished, and reveal the colleagues and sect secrets.

This was obviously a very drastic measure. If they had not already known the opponent's details and consciously found it difficult to retreat completely, they shouldn’t have acted so fiercely.

And the control of the Northern Detective Department was only one night.

Sun Shaozong pondered in his heart, but said in his mouth, "This is already the case. Do you need someone from the Central Judicial Office to assist in searching for the thieves?”

Lu Hui shook his head and said, "I asked someone to come over for you wasn't because of these things. When the beggars were monitoring before, the White Lotus Cult members didn't react too aggressively. It's unreasonable that after we replaced the elite of our Northern Detective Department, they showed off overnight.”

Seeing that Lu Hui had almost made the matter clear, Sun Shaozong took the opportunity to explore and ask, "Are you suspecting that there are also spies of the White Lotus Sect lurking inside our Northern Detective Department, Your Excellency?”

The Northern Detective Department was not as diverse as the personnel of the Central Judicial Office. The minimum staffing of the Dragon Forbidden Guard was also a ninth-grade official, and because it was a secret service agency, the internal review was very strict. If the Northern Detective Department were also infiltrated by the remnants of the White Lotus Sect, there may be few safe places in this court.

Unexpectedly, Lu Hui still shook his head and met Sun Shaozong's surprised gaze. He said softly, "What worries me the most is that we don't have any internal correspondence of the White Lotus Sect in the Northern Detective Department.”

Worried that there was no insider of the White Lotus Sect in the Northern Detective Department?

These words…

Sun Shaozong pondered for a while, then suddenly said, "Are you suspecting that there are other forces behind the scenes, deliberately arranging internal correspondence to pass on information to the White Lotus Sect?”

Lu Hui finally nodded this time and said sternly, "Along with the guards Hong Jiu and others, there are seventeen people who know the inside story of this operation and have the opportunity to pass on information to the outside. Most of them are the people I brought back from the south.”

No wonder Lu Hui suspected that there was someone behind this matter!

The sphere of influence of the White Lotus Sect has always been in the northwest, and it was reasonable to set up some agents in the Capital. However, it was quite incredible to say that they could extend its hand to the south as it was still a secret service organization such as the Dragon Guard

However, in this way, the situation becomes even more complex.

What was the conspiracy of the forces secretly assisting the White Lotus Sect?

Did the person want to make peace with the White Lotus Sect, so as to submit a petition; Or did the person want to use their hands and push the boat along the river to achieve their goals? Or did they want to borrow the situation of the White Lotus Sect to cause trouble, divert the attention of the court, and seize the opportunity to plan some conspiracy?

“Pacifer!”

Sun Shaozong was frowning and pondering when he saw Yang Licai rushing over again with great strides. He saluted him and couldn't wait to say, "Prince Beijing has just issued a memorial, questioning the Niu family's involvement in the Crown Prince case.”

Tch!

The speed of Prince Beijing was quite fast, it seemed that there was indeed a plan in place!

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