Chapter 406: We Are Pure Friendship

Xiao Xixi and Luo Qinghan returned to the room, washed briefly, and went to bed.

Although it was very late, it was still possible to sleep a little longer.

Luo Qinghan naturally took the person into his arms and asked in a low voice.

"Can you tell the origin of those nuns by their faces?"

Xiao Xixi yawned: "Judging from their appearance, they should be professional killers. They have killed many people before. They also have a special killer organization. I can't tell what kind of organization it is."

Luo Qinghan was thoughtful.

If those fake nuns were pretending to be killers, that meant they were hired.

So who is the real murderer behind the scenes?

The next morning, as soon as the crown prince finished washing up, he learned that Zhao Xian and Xiao Lingfeng were here.

The two didn't sleep all night last night.

In order to make up for their mistakes, they racked their brains and used all the means at their disposal, and finally got useful information from the mouths of the nuns.

"Reporting to His Royal Highness, the nuns are all pretending to be killers. They belong to a killer organization called Xueyulou. They received the task of assassinating the eldest prince a month ago. They know that the mountain road ahead was destroyed by heavy snow. It was frozen, and the carriages and horses could not travel, so they deliberately set a trap here to lure His Royal Highness and the First Prince to take the bait."

As Xiao Lingfeng spoke, he offered his mouth offerings with both hands.

Luo Qinghan took the confession and looked at it. These fake nuns were employed by others. They only knew that the employer offered a high price, but they did not know the specific identity of the other party.

This is also the rule of the Blood Rain Tower. The killer is only responsible for killing people. After killing people, they go to the designated place to collect money.

As for who the employer is, the killer doesn't care at all.

At this time, Zhao Xian opened his mouth.

"Dong Mingchun was assassinated before, but I will try to ask a friend to inquire about it. I learned that the group of killers also came from a killer organization called Xueyulou. I heard that Xueyulou is quite famous in the rivers and lakes, and they also got a killer. The ranking list, the higher the ranking of the killer, the more expensive the price. Among the four killers who assassinated Dong Mingchun, the two who narrowly escaped are on the ranking list, and their skills are indeed very powerful."

Luo Qinghan thought thoughtfully: "It's actually all the killers who came out of the Blood Rain Tower, is there such a coincidence?"

Zhao Xian tried to ask, "Do you suspect that the Dong Mingchun incident and the assassination of the first prince were ordered by the same person?"

Luo Qinghan didn't answer.

From a theoretical point of view, it is indeed very likely that the same person ordered it.

But if you think about it carefully, you also feel that the styles of these two assassinations are very different.

The assassination of Dong Mingchun was neat and tidy, and no clues were found before and after, so that the prince still doesn't know why the people behind the scenes insisted on assassinating Dong Mingchun?

And the act of assassinating the eldest prince last night was much simpler and rude.

The other party made it clear that he wanted to kill the eldest prince, and incidentally put the blame on the prince.

As long as anyone with brains can know, the person behind the scenes must be coming for the position of the prince.

Luo Qinghan faintly felt that these two things did not seem to be done by the same person.

He put the confession on the table.

It seems that the blood rain building must be checked first.

Those nuns confessed to the two secret strongholds of the Blood Rain Building, and it happened that they would pass through those two places on their way back to Beijing.

Luo Qinghan planned to take the two bases on his way back to Beijing to see if he could find out the background of the Blood Rain Tower.

He looked at the two in front of him and said coldly.

"Last night, you were negligent, people took advantage of the loopholes, and almost caused a catastrophe. Each person received 20 whips as punishment.

Zhao Xian and Xiao Lingfeng hand in hand.

"Thank you for your kindness, Prince!"

The two turned and walked out of the nunnery, stood in the courtyard, and received the punishment of whipping.

Xiao Xixi didn't go out to watch, but she could hear the thumping sound through the window, and she knew how painful it was when she thought about it.

After being tortured all night, those fake nuns are now on the verge of dying, and it seems they won't be able to live for long.

The prince didn't want to take so many oil bottles on the road. Anyway, they could recruit all they could, and it would be useless to keep them. They would kill them all and bury them in random places.

After dealing with these matters, the prince's car restarted and continued on his way.

Luo Yechen has been extraordinarily honest these days because of his leg injury. He stayed in the carriage during the day and stayed in his guest room at night.

Under the careful care of the imperial doctor, Luo Yechen's leg injury gradually improved, at least not as painful as before, but he still limped while walking.

Today they spent the night at the inn in Huaizhao County.

There is a teahouse in Huaizhao County, which is the secret base where the Blood Rain Tower is placed here. Some killers will take missions and receive bounties here.

In the middle of the night, Zhao Xian took Yu Linwei to surround the teahouse.

Kicked the door and went in, and found that the restaurant was already empty.

It seems that the people from the Blood Rain Building have already received the news and evacuated this stronghold in advance.

Zhao Xian returned empty-handed and reported the news to the prince.

The prince was not surprised by this, and only gave a light command.

"Go and ask the people around the teahouse tomorrow morning."

"Here."

The next morning, Xiao Xixi woke up from her sleep and found that there was nothing around her, and the prince did not know where he went.

The maids came in and waited on her to change and wash.

She asked while yawning; "Where's the prince?"

A palace maid answered truthfully: "The local magistrate came just now, and the prince is discussing matters with the magistrate in the main room right now."

"Oh."

After Xiao Xixi washed up, she had a hearty breakfast.

She screened off the maids and quietly ran outside the main room.

She probed into the main room and saw that the prince was still talking with the county magistrate.

She turned around and ran to the guest room where the eldest prince was.

Luo Yechen is lying on the bed reading the book.

When he saw Concubine Xiao suddenly running in, he was startled and shouted angrily.

"Why are you doing this again? You ran in without letting anyone pass the word. What if I was changing clothes?"

Xiao Xixi said indifferently: "You change it, I won't look at you."

She found the box containing the books on her own, flipped out the text book from it, sat down in a random place, and read it with relish.

Luo Yechen was very angry at her familiar appearance.

"As the prince's side concubine, why do you always run to me when you have nothing to do? Lonely men and widows live in the same room, what if they are misunderstood?"

Xiao Xixi stared at the words book in his hand, and said casually, "We are pure friends, and no one will misunderstand."

Luo Yechen scoffed disdainfully, "How can there be pure friendship between men and women?"

Xiao Xixi: "Who said that? As long as you look ugly, you are all friends in the world!"

Luo Yechen: "..."