C606 606 Death Soldiers

If it was a Guard Token, it would state which manor or military camp it belonged to.

Meng Hui stared at the order badge, she did not say a word, her expression was serious, as though she was trying hard to recall something.

"Let me see."

She walked forward and took the order badge from Yan Yuan, "This pattern looks a little familiar, I think I've seen it before."

"You've seen it?"

Everyone turned to look at Meng Hui, only to see him nodding her head, her gaze was fixated on the pattern of the order badge, and her eyebrows knitted even tighter.

Suddenly, made a sudden realization and said "Oh". Everyone was waiting for her answer, and she pointed to the order badge, and said "Oh" a few times.

Yan Yuan became impatient, "Speak!"

Meng Hui was frightened by his roar and hurriedly replied, "One month ago, someone barged into the military camp to assassinate my father. This pattern is on the body of the assassin."

"Someone tried to assassinate the General Zheng?"

Hearing that, Yan Shuo's face immediately became black.

These mice and snakes were getting bolder and bolder. They actually dared to send men to the barracks to assassinate the border guards.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. My father is fine. He's perfectly fine."

Meng Hui saw that Yan Shuo's face was ugly and quickly comforted him.

"…"

Seeing her so presumptuous, they knew without even asking that there was nothing wrong with General Zheng. They were worried about something else.

"Did you catch the assassin?"

"We've caught him …"

Everyone waited for her to answer the question related to the pattern, only to hear Meng Hui say: "But he committed suicide."

"…"

Let alone Yan Yuan and the others, even people with a "good temper" like Liu Ruo Qing and Shen Qin had the urge to beat her up.

"Looks like they're Death Soldiers."

Yan Shuo glanced at the order badge in Meng Hui's hand, her expression congealed, and then looked at Meng Hui, "How many people were sent to assassinate General Zheng?"

"I don't know. My dad said that those brats ran faster than monkeys and only caught one. In the end, he killed himself before he could even ask."

"…"

It was too tiring to talk to Meng Hui who was a fool, so they didn't plan to get anything out of her. Yan Yuan looked at the many corpses in front of him.

"So many people had died and there's not a single trace of blood on the ground. It must have been someone moved the corpse here after it died."

During this period of time, although it had snowed and covered the ground with snow, the snow was different from the rain. It would not easily wash away the bloodstains so cleanly and not even a drop of blood could be found on the surrounding grass.

This is the source of water for Jindu, the corpses have been here for so long, if the corpses continue to rot, the corpse poison will quickly spread out through the water source. At that time, when the people drink the water here, they will suffer from diarrhea, and at the very least, they will lose their lives.

Yan Yuan said with a cold face. The other party's method was really malicious, if there was a plague in the capital, the consequences would be unimaginable. The Imperial Palace's water would also be lured down by this Jade Dragon Mountain, and if it was discovered later, the consequences would be unthinkable.

"Let's go down first and have Jing Zhao Yin bring people over to deal with these corpses. Then, get a few imperial physicians to check the water quality to see if there's any poison inside."

Yan Shuo frowned, his face was filled with the rage that he had tried his best to suppress.

The few of them went down the mountain and returned to the villa. Jing Zhao Yin quickly brought people over and took care of the corpses.

After the corpse was taken away, Jing Zhao Yin came to the villa to see the Kaiser, "Your Majesty, the corpse has already been brought down the mountain. A few days ago, there were people reporting that someone's family members have gone missing, this humble subject suspects that it might be these people."

"Go back and immediately determine the identity and cause of death. Once that is done, report it to me immediately."

"Yes."

After Wei Jin left, they did not have the mood to continue soaking in the hot spring anymore. Fortunately, the hot spring and the water source on the mountain were different, otherwise, after thinking about how they had soaked in the water for so long, they would have felt something was wrong.

On the second day of the new year, which was supposed to be a happy new year, all the officials in the imperial court had decided to take shelter, causing Wei Jin to feel depressed.

For the next two days, Wei Jin stayed at the yamen to handle the matter of the corpses. Fortunately, things went smoothly, and after two days, the corpses were claimed by someone.

The coroner's autopsy results were similar to the ones they had found on the scene. The coroner's autopsy results were similar to the ones they had found on the scene.

Imperial study –

"Your majesty, after comparing the identities of the victims with each other, this humble subject finds out that these dead are all examinees who participated in this year's Spring Festival events. There are some rich young masters from the capital, and there are also some examinees who have come from outside the city.

"Are they all examinees from this year's Spring Festival?"

"Yes."

Receiving Wei Jin's reply, Yan Shuo frowned, and fell into deep thought.

Could this be related to what Uncle Huang said about the matter of the spring test leaking out? Did these dead people know something and were silenced?

Yan Shuo thought of the Death Soldier Gold Coin that he found at the scene of the corpse dropping. Meng Hui had said that it was the same person who assassinated Zheng Qing Feng.

Zheng Qing Feng was a general defending the border, and had several hundred thousand troops and horses under his command. The army allowed the keeping of Death Soldiers to spy on and assassinate local generals, so there were definitely a lot of Death Soldiers under Zheng Qing Feng's command, and they were naturally not weak either.

The possibility of success was not high if they wanted to kill Zheng Qing Feng, but what was the motive of the other party, to send so many Death Soldiers to kill Zheng Qing Feng?

No matter what, the person behind the assassination attempt on Zheng Qing Feng was definitely the same person.

The purpose, naturally, was to disrupt the order of the court so that he could take advantage of the situation and enter.

The first person that Yan Shuo thought of was the King Wei Wei Shao. This person was filled with wild ambition, in order to become more prosperous back then, he took the initiative to surrender to his Royal Grandfather.

Moreover, Wei Shao was secretly colluding with the People from the Divine Artefact Hall, so this person had to be eliminated.

However, he had two hundred thousand soldiers at his disposal, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses hiding in the capital. It would not be easy to get rid of him.

Suddenly, Yan Shuo's eyes flashed. If the Death Soldiers were sent by Wei Shao, then a lot of things made sense.

Wei Shao had two hundred thousand soldiers and nearly three hundred thousand soldiers. If Wei Shao wanted to make sure of this, he had to get rid of this huge threat called Zheng Qing Feng, so he did not hesitate to send so many death warriors to assassinate Zheng Qing Feng.

As for the deceased he had found in Jade Dragon Mountain, he was sure that they had something to do with the Spring Festival. Although he didn't know how the other party had gotten the exam questions, there was definitely something fishy about it.

Behind this matter, the person who was most likely to control this matter was either Wei Shao or Shen Ji Hall.

Yan Shuo felt a headache thinking about it, and then, he remembered Yun Jiao Rong's indifferent look, which made his head hurt even more.

In a blink of an eye, it was already the fifth day of the new year. Officials returning to their hometowns in succession would return to the capital to report to their superiors. On the sixth day of the new year, it was time for the morning assembly.