Chapter 524

Luo Yangxing continued nodding and said.

"By the way, was this area the one previously assigned to that leaker, a Company Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, for the search?"

Su Qiao suddenly seemed to think of something and asked.

Luo Yangxing had indeed not noticed this point, or perhaps had not thought of it.

He turned his head to look at a Battalion Commander nearby and asked, "Huang Xu, go ask if it was Liu Hao who searched here at 180?"

"Yes!"

The Embroidered Uniform Guard named Huang Xu immediately went to investigate and ask.

Su Qiao and the others waited patiently for a short while.

Taking this opportunity, Su Qiao also explained why he had such a guess.

"My lord Luo, Your Majesty was assassinated; such a huge matter. That very night, the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the Wucheng Cavalry Command, the Eastern Depot agents, and others all deployed personnel to search. This place is only two li away from Little Huang Village, yet he stayed here so calm and composed, obviously feeling absolutely safe."

"Why did he feel safe? Because the search was conducted by his own people!" As soon as Su Qiao finished speaking, Luo Yangxing answered first.

Su Qiao nodded. "Exactly. Once it was confirmed that his own people were searching this area, they would surely conceal the truth for him, so he felt confident enough to choose this spot and prepare dry grass, firewood, and so on."

"It's just that there is one thing I cannot figure out: how did he determine with one hundred percent certainty that this area would be searched by his own men?"

Su Qiao raised a doubtful thought.

Luo Yangxing also lowered his head, pondering.

A Battalion Commander nearby, also a subordinate of Luo Yangxing, tentatively said at this moment, "There can only be two possibilities. The first is that they scouted the location beforehand; they had already selected this place, so Liu Hao knew about it and chose to search here."

"That is not entirely correct. What if Huang Xu had not chosen to let Liu Hao search this area at that time?"

Su Qiao shook his head, not agreeing with his statement, mainly because there were quite a few loopholes.

"Then it must be... wait, Huang Xu is one of their people!"

Crack!

Luo Yangxing suddenly lifted his head and rushed quickly toward Huang Xu.

The others also snapped to their senses immediately and ran toward Huang Xu's location.

Before they had run very far, they heard the clashing sounds of fighting: ding-ding-dang-dang.

It turned out!

When Su Qiao analyzed that Liu Hao had confirmed the search of this area, Huang Xu had already sensed very sensitively that he was about to be exposed.

Although he went to inquire immediately, in fact, he just wanted to escape.

Escaping on foot alone would definitely not get him out.

So he thought about seizing a horse!

However, the Embroidered Uniform Guard now, after being cleaned up by Luo Yangxing, was no longer in the situation of the past where there were people skimming the bottom of the barrel and useless drunkards.

There were fewer people, but they were much more elite.

Because Huang Xu was too anxious, or rather, acted too unnaturally, it aroused suspicion among the other Embroidered Uniform Guard members.

Immediately after, when he tried to seize the horse, a conflict arose.

Subsequently, the other Embroidered Uniform Guard members also discovered Huang Xu's abnormality and all ran over to stop him.

Do not think that because Huang Xu's martial arts were good, he could easily stand against four hands alone.

Within just a moment, he fell to a disadvantage.

Over here, Su Qiao had also more or less analyzed that the traitor was Huang Xu.

Luo Yangxing immediately led his men to charge over.

Huang Xu was startled, then began using a method of mutual destruction to temporarily create a brief space for himself.

"Huang Xu, I never expected you to be a traitor?!"

Luo Yangxing said, glaring at Huang Xu with a cold face.

Huang Xu chuckled, bit down on his left gum, and directly crushed the poison sac.

"Su Qiao is indeed smart, but you all stop here; do not think..."

Before he could finish speaking, the deadly poison directly caused him to bleed from seven orifices and die.

"Hiss..."

The ordinary Embroidered Uniform Guard members present drew in a sharp breath of cold air.

Luo Yangxing and the others were truly furious; they were just about to catch the person, but he committed suicide again, and the clue was broken once more.

At this moment, Su Qiao also walked over slowly; he had heard that the sounds of fighting over here had ceased.

He only came over when he felt it was safe.

Otherwise, he would absolutely not approach danger!

"How is it?" Su Qiao asked.

Luo Yangxing's face was icy cold; he was truly extremely, extremely angry, having been the closest to those people.

"Mr. Su, your analysis was indeed impressive, but next time, could you notify us in advance? We were just about to catch him, but he committed suicide by taking poison."

Luo Yangxing wanted to blame Su Qiao, but felt he could not really blame him.

The man came to help him and had not even asked for any reward.

It could not be blamed on Su Qiao.

If you say he shouldn't blame him, the result was that they were just one step away from failure; if Su Qiao had notified them in advance, they could have captured Huang Xu alive.

It would not have ended with him accidentally biting through his poison tooth and dying.

With the Embroidered Uniform Guard's methods, under a surprise attack, he would have had no chance to bite through his poison tooth.

At that time, perhaps they could have extracted some solid information from Huang Xu's mouth.

Now?

The person is dead, and the trail has gone cold again.

This is truly suffocating.

Especially being unable to even vent his anger, Luo Yangxing felt extremely aggrieved.

Su Qiao saw his despondent expression and quickly comforted him: "This time I indeed was negligent; I only just thought of it myself. Who knew the main culprit was right nearby and sensed us early? But my lord Luo, do not be too disappointed. Although the lead on Huang Xu is broken, there are other leads here."

"Oh? Is what Mr. Su says true?"

As expected, Luo Yangxing was immediately drawn in by Su Qiao's words again.

Su Qiao rolled his eyes and said, "Could I possibly be lying to my lord Luo?"

"Hehe, Mr. Su, do not take offense; I was the one who was rude. I was simply too anxious." Upon hearing this, Luo Yangxing smiled awkwardly and quickly apologized.

Then Su Qiao continued to analyze for him: "My lord Luo, look at this deep pit. What does it look like it was dug with?"

"A shovel!"

"Exactly! One look at the marks and it's clearly a shovel, but where did the shovel come from?"

"If he brought it himself, that would be strange; if it came from Little Huang Village, then it wouldn't be strange at all."

379, the lead on the shovel!

Under Su Qiao's "patient guidance," Luo Yangxing and the others reacted quickly and kept up with Su Qiao's pace.

"I recall my lord Luo and I previously mentioned that bloodstains appeared at this location; I wonder where they were."

Su Qiao asked Luo Yangxing.

An Embroidered Uniform Guard nearby immediately led them to the edge of a patch of grass.

There really were a few spots of blood beneath the sand and soil, and some on the sand and soil as well, though not many.

"We do not know if the bloodstains are from an animal or a human. The most important thing is to find the shovel. Furthermore, it would be best to inquire which household in Little Huang Village lost a shovel. Not only that, ask if any strangers have come to Little Huang Village recently."

Su Qiao stated directly.

Luo Yangxing turned around decisively and arranged for people to conduct the inquiries.

Previously, the villagers of Little Huang Village had been questioned once.

However, because the villagers of Little Huang Village had almost all been sheltered at the time of Zhu Youjian's assassination.

Naturally, the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the spies of the Eastern Depot only conducted a general inquiry with them, not a detailed one.

They did not take it too seriously.

Now, after Su Qiao's reminder, Luo Yangxing and the others finally remembered the importance of questioning the villagers of Little Huang Village.

Especially upon learning that the villagers of Little Huang Village might have leads.

The Embroidered Uniform Guards were extremely cautious and urgent.

Very quickly, they truly obtained results from the inquiries.