Over in Shenchuan City, Ye Qing has had a few relaxing days. Great General Helian Tiehua arrived in Shenchuan City long ago. With him stationed here, no snakes, insects, or rodents dare approach, let alone cause trouble. Plus, all mbers of the Poison Eel rcenary Corps have been dealt with, so Shenchuan City has beco so calm it's almost unsettling.
This morning, as usual, after breakfast, Ye Qing planned to visit the orphanage. However, before he reached the orphanage, he received a call from Zhao Chengshuang, informing him that the autopsy results of the Poison Eel rcenary Corps mbers had co out.
Ye Qing had been waiting for these autopsy results, so upon receiving Zhao Chengshuang's call, he imdiately changed plans and drove to the police station.
Zhao Chengshuang was in his office, and several top leaders of the municipal bureau were present. When Ye Qing arrived, the municipal bureau leaders were praising him. The incident with the Poison Eel rcenary Corps was a significant matter, even Su Kaicheng was injured, and this alard the Capital, which placed great emphasis on the situation and even communicated with the military departnt to prepare to deploy troops to handle these rcenaries.
Under such circumstances, the entire Poison Eel rcenary Corps was annihilated in a short ti. Although Zhao Chengshuang was not the one who personally cracked the case, the credit was attributed to him. The higher-ups are only interested in results, wanting only to see these rcenaries dealt with and the security risks eliminated; the process was not important. Thus, Zhao Chengshuang almost received the credit without effort. Now, it's just the municipal bureau leaders comnding him, and later on, there will be comndations from the provincial departnt and police headquarters. This ti, Zhao Chengshuang has indeed gained recognition. This achievent is enough to pave a smooth path for Zhao Chengshuang's future career, at least bringing him one big step closer to his goal of becoming the provincial departnt director. Not only Zhao Chengshuang, but the entire Zhao Family was thrilled, as if a pie had fallen from the sky and hit Zhao Chengshuang directly.
Ye Qing knew how much the Zhao Family pinned their hopes on Zhao Chengshuang, so he was genuinely happy for him to have such a fortunate event. Standing outside, he waited for the municipal bureau's praise session to end and for everyone to leave before he entered Zhao Chengshuang's office.
Zhao Chengshuang had just seen off those leaders and was about to sip his tea when Ye Qing walked in. He hurriedly stood up and said, "Ye Zi, co on, co and sit. I have sothing to show you that you wouldn't even dream of."
"What is it?" Ye Qing asked in surprise. "Weren't you asking to look at the autopsy results?"
"Yes, it is the autopsy results." Zhao Chengshuang took an envelope from the cabinet behind him and handed it to Ye Qing, saying, "However, the autopsy results will definitely shock you."
Ye Qing said, "What could be so shocking? At most, these people were poisoned—it can't be anything special."
"What? How do you know?" Zhao Chengshuang widened his eyes in amazent, staring at Ye Qing, and said, "You… you know the autopsy results?"
"No idea." Ye Qing pulled out the autopsy report from the envelope and said, "But it wasn't hard to guess. So many rcenaries died without any resistance at all—if they weren't poisoned, what else could it be?"
Zhao Chengshuang gave Ye Qing a thumbs up and said, "Smart, you even guessed that. You were exactly right, these rcenaries were indeed poisoned. But after the dical examination, the poison was found to be very unusual, not one typically used in dicine. It is a peculiar poison that can damage human organs in a very short ti without leaving any trace externally. None of the forensic experts had ever seen this poison before."
Ye Qing had already skimd through the autopsy report, and everything was just as Zhao Chengshuang had described. The composition of the poison was marked as 'unknown.' Evidently, the forensic experts could not even analyze the poison's composition, proving it was not simple.
Not many people could pull this off, making Ye Qing suspect even more that it was Ning Qianshu's descendants who poisoned these rcenaries. But why would Ning Qianshu's descendants do this? It's known that Ning Qianshu's people have always hated Ye Qing to the core, wishing to kill him imdiately but unable to. These rcenaries ca to deal with Ye Qing, surely Ning Qianshu's people would rather support them than kill them suddenly. Could it be that there's so kind of grudge between these rcenaries and Ning Qianshu's people?
Ye Qing of course couldn't figure out that there was not a bit of enmity between Ning Qianshu's people and those rcenaries. They killed these rcenaries purely to protect Ye Qing. Bai Li Xi's words had put Ning Qianshu in a dilemma, compelling him to preserve Ye Qing's life.
In fact, Bai Li Xi's words not only bound Ning Qianshu but also dragged the Twelve Green Halls into it. For the legacy left by Divine Doctor An Shiping, the Twelve Green Halls were fully supporting Ning Qianshu, having dispatched Red Snake Yin Fairy into Huaxia, and One-Eyed Ding Lianshun secretly protecting Ye Qing. Otherwise, Prince Wan Yan's ambush last ti would have left Ye Qing in peril.
Once Ye Qing had read the autopsy results, Zhao Chengshuang imdiately asked, "What do you think? Can you find any clues?"
Ye Qing shook his head, handed the autopsy results back to Zhao Chengshuang, and said quietly, "Although the Poison Eel rcenary Corps mbers were all dealt with, this matter isn't over. This rcenary corps is notorious for taking revenge; since they lost so many n on our side twice, they definitely won't let it go easily. So, be careful, they might co back anyti."
"Speaking of which, I ant to remind you," Zhao Chengshuang said, "When we examined these rcenaries' bodies, we discovered sothing else."
"What's that?" Ye Qing asked, indicating that since Zhao Chengshuang brought it up, it must be significant.
"Here, take a look." Zhao Chengshuang handed a photo to Ye Qing.
Ye Qing picked up the photo; it was a black-and-white image. The picture depicted an ancient-style longsword, with seven gemstones inlaid on the hilt, arranged in the shape of the Big Dipper, unmistakably the Seven-Star Ancient Sword.
"Where did this co from?" Ye Qing marveled. Judging from the quality of this black-and-white photograph, it must be from long ago. It seems the photo was likely a reprint of an older picture, with a lengthy history.
Zhao Chengshuang said, "This photo was found on one of those rcenaries."
"Hmm?" Ye Qing was taken aback and asked in surprise, "You an you found this on one of the rcenaries?"
"Yes," Zhao Chengshuang nodded, "We found it on one of them."
"Oh?" Ye Qing was taken aback and curiously asked, "You an on their bodies?"
"Yes, that's right. We found these photos on those rcenaries," Zhao Chengshuang replied. "And not just on these rcenaries, but also the sa photos were found on so other rcenaries who have entered Huaxia recently," Zhao Chengshuang continued. "Yesterday, when I reported the Poison Eel rcenary situation to the province, they ntioned that news of large numbers of rcenaries entering Huaxia has been erging from many places across the country. Furthermore, so of these rcenaries have even had encounters with local police or the military, and on the bodies of the intercepted rcenaries, we found photos exactly the sa as these."
Zhao Chengshuang took a deep breath and said solemnly, "Therefore, we have reason to suspect that the massive influx of rcenaries across the country is likely for a single purpose."
Zhao Chengshuang may not be aware of the situation with the Heaven Earth Man Three Gates, but Ye Qing knows it very well. So, his thoughts are broader than Zhao Chengshuang's.
The Heaven Earth Man Three Gates has long drawn competition from many, but the most powerful contenders have been the Seven Steering Committees of the Hong Alliance and the Twelve Green Halls. Initially, the struggle was largely between these two organizations, but now it seems foreign forces are also involved.
But why would these foreign forces want to compete for the seven keys? Do they also want to access the Heaven Earth Man Three Gates to beco a Supre? But the Heaven Earth Man Three Gates was established by the Great Sage Guiguzi of Huaxia; could these foreigners really get in as well?
These questions puzzled Ye Qing. However, he began to see why Ning Qianshu's people killed the Poison Eel rcenary Corps—it might have been to prevent them from competing for the seven keys.
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