The doors and windows inside Bailu Pavilion were closed, and the place was in a mess.

There was a strong smell of Chinese medicine floating in the room, and a ray of sunlight penetrated through the crack in the door, illuminating the dust floating in the air.

Chen Ji looked down at the wooden box in his hand. The ginseng had been hastily stuffed together and entangled, like a worthless mess, but the restless ice flow in his body proved that these ginseng were genuine.

He raised his head and looked at the golden pig: "Sir, do all cultivation methods require ginseng?"

"No," Jin Zhu patiently explained: "Half of the cultivation paths controlled by our ceremonial supervisor do not require ginseng, but the cultivation path I asked for for you does."

Chen Ji covered the small wooden box, held it in his arms, and asked casually: "How can you be sure that I can enter the path of spiritual practice? If I don't have the potential to serve as an official, wouldn't it be a waste of your hard work?"

The golden pig chuckled: "After Mengji interrogated you for the first time, he wrote in the secret report to the internal minister that you have the potential to serve as an official, and you have to use the first-class dream to do so. Put your heart back in your belly, you are born to be an official.

material.”

The traces suddenly became apparent.

It turns out that Golden Pig was eyeing him at that time. No wonder after Yun Yang and Jiao Rabbit were imprisoned, the other party immediately came to Taiping Medical Center to visit him.

At this moment, a spy pushed open the door and entered, and the afternoon sunlight suddenly shone into Bailu Pavilion.

Golden Pig's expression changed: "You want to die, why are you coming in now?"

The secret agent in black knelt down on one knee: "Sir, there is news from the inner prison. Na Jingchao Si Cao has spoken. He said that he has information about the Liu family and Prince Jing's palace that he wants to tell you face to face."

The golden pig looked solemn: "Let's go to the inner prison now!"

Chen Ji looked at the golden pig: "Sir, you haven't slept all night, don't you need to take a rest?"

The Golden Pig solemnly said to him: "The inner prime minister always gives you the spiritual path one by one. Only by becoming one of the top three zodiac signs can you get the complete spiritual path. In the days to come, you eat meat and I drink soup.

Whenever there is an opportunity to make meritorious deeds, we must not miss it!"

"Chen Ji, the Liu family and Prince Jing's Mansion are your ladder to the sky."

…

…

In the rickety carriage, a copper stove warmed the air, as if bathing in warm water.

Chen Ji didn't sleep all night, and now he couldn't stand it anymore, so he leaned against the car wall and fell asleep.

He had a dream.

He dreamed that his identity as a Jingchao spy was revealed and he was on the run.

On the way to escape, he was about to escape from the Qinglong Gate of Chongli Pass with a caravan, but he was shot through the chest by an arrow from a Pegasus on the city wall.

In the dusk, under the majestic Chongli Pass, the golden pig knelt beside his body and was distraught, begging him not to die...

"Wake up, we're almost there."

"Wake up!"

Chen Ji slowly opened his eyes and subconsciously touched his chest. There were no scars there.

The golden pig sat opposite him and asked with a smile: "Did you have a nightmare?"

Chen Ji hummed.

The Golden Pig joked: "There is no shame in having nightmares. When I first learned how to kill, I was so scared that I was shaking all over. Unlike you, you seem to be born to eat this bowl of rice."

Chen Ji opened the curtain and let the air-conditioning outside the window pour in. He suddenly woke up and asked, "How old were you when you first killed someone?"

"Ten years old." Golden Pig's eyes were deep: "After orphans like me, Cloud Sheep, White Rabbit, Pegasus, and Prisoner Rat are taken in by Master Nei Xiang, they will all be sent to the same place. When they learn how to kill, they will learn how to kill again.

You can’t do anything unless you trust anyone.”

"What if I can't learn?"

"Those who can't learn will die inside."

"What's that place called?"

"We call it Wu Nian Mountain, a mountain that you will never miss again after you come out."

Chen Ji asked curiously: "Sir, I heard that Jing Chao's thieves are tough. Why is this secretary willing to speak? Is there any deception involved?"

The golden pig was happy: "The lower the level of the spies, the harder their bones are. But once they become small powerful people and understand that they are just tools in the hands of the big powerful people, their bones will become soft. So if I catch the small spy, I will

I'm too lazy to interrogate, but someone of Si Cao's level... can talk about it."

The carriage slowly stopped, and the west wind knocked open the iron door.

Behind the iron gate, under the long corridor stairs, there was a foul smell, yelling, and wailing.

Walking down the stone stairs, Chen Ji saw that the cells were full of prisoners. Some were wailing that they were just foot soldiers and obeying orders; some were angrily cursing eunuchs and spitting at the golden pig.

The golden pig moved farther away, and looked at the jailer in the corridor with a smile: "You have the ability to do what you want, but I don't."

The jailers' expressions changed, and they immediately brought buckets of cold underground river water from the bottom of the inner prison and poured it into the cells through the iron bars.

The golden pig walked through this hell on earth with his hands behind his back and a smile on his face.

Walking into the depths of the inner prison, I saw Shopkeeper Yuan with his hands nailed to the wooden shelf, his head hanging down, and all the nails on the ten fingers of his hands had been pulled out.

Jinzhu stood still in front of Shopkeeper Yuan and said slowly: "Speak quickly if you want to say anything. I have arrested all the people in Bailu Pavilion. If you don't say it, others will say it."

Shopkeeper Yuan slowly raised his head with a fierce look in his eyes: "How can they know as much as I do? If I tell you what I know, I'm afraid you will be able to perform extraordinary feats again. But if I tell you, what will you do?

Me what?"

The golden pig smiled warmly: "I can spare your life, is that enough?"

"Not enough," Shopkeeper Yuan said ferociously: "I want your identity as Hai Dongqing from the Secret Intelligence Department, and you must have it stamped with the seal of the Supervisor of Ceremonies and report it to the twenty-four yamen of the inner court!"

The Golden Pig said with great interest: "You are quite good at speaking like a lion. But I can definitely call the Mengji here. When the time comes, I don't have to worry about anything I want to ask."

Shopkeeper Yuan laughed loudly: "I guess Mengji is not omnipotent. If he can keep interrogating me, why not just do it by the river? His dreams must have unknown restrictions. Mr. Golden Pig does not need to pretend.

, I have been in the Military Intelligence Department for 20 years, and I have seen big storms. You can't scare me! If Mengji can really judge me clearly, I will admit defeat!"

The golden pig was not angry, and changed the topic: "You must also know that if you want to become Haidongqing, you have to be approved by the Prime Minister in person. It takes half a month for the carrier pigeon to return to the capital. If I wait until then, your

His accomplices have long since run away.”

Shopkeeper Yuan stared at the golden pig: "Don't bother me, I can give you some sweetness to taste first. After I finish speaking, you will know my value."

Shopkeeper Yuan was nailed to the shelf with blood all over his body, but he was extremely conscious.

The Golden Pig thought for a moment: "Please tell me first and listen."

Shopkeeper Yuan gasped and said: "There is someone from our Military Intelligence Department lurking in your Secret Intelligence Department, and they are in Luo City, with the secret name Long Whale! The news that you were surrounding Hongyi Lane was passed on by him!"

Long whale.

Chen Ji heard this secret name again.

The golden pig's pupils shrank: "The Long Whale is in Luo City? What is his identity and his real name? If you surrender him, I will write a letter for you now to request an order!"

Shopkeeper Yuan laughed: "It turns out that Mr. Jinzhu has heard of the secret name Chang Whale. Who revealed this name? Let me guess, Li Baoyu, Wang Chuan, Tian Ji..."

Chen Ji looked at the Golden Pig, who patiently explained: "The Long Whale has been lurking in our ceremonial department for at least eight years, and has ruined our plans many times. If it weren't for him, we might have even captured the chief. Jinling, Capital City,

Yangzhou, Suzhou, he seems to be able to do his own thing, he can be found everywhere."

Chen Ji lowered his head and analyzed: "The spies in each city perform their own duties and can be frequently dispatched to Jinling. There are not many spies in the capital and other places, so their identities should be easily investigated."

Golden Pig nodded: "But after our investigation, we found that everyone was ruled out as a suspect."

Chen Ji suddenly asked: "Have the Yulong Guards from the Criminal Division conducted an investigation?"

Jin Zhu shook his head: "How could we have overlooked the Chief Criminal Division? After the investigation, everyone was also screened out. In the entire Li Prison, no one has been to so many places at the same time. There should be more than one person under the secret name of Long Whale

.”

He looked at Shopkeeper Yuan: "You surrender the long whale, and I will protect your position as Hai Dongqing."

Shopkeeper Yuan shook his head: "I don't know either. Chang Whale's status is higher than mine. If he hadn't taken the initiative to reveal the news about you surrounding Red Lane, I wouldn't have known he was in Luo City."

"How do you deliver the message?"

"Bailu Pavilion delivers medicinal materials to Fangping Medical Center every day. The doctor at the medical center is one of ours, so go and catch him."

The golden pig said loudly: "Xifeng, Fangping Medical Center is arresting someone!"

After that, he looked at Shopkeeper Yuan: "I'm afraid I can't catch the whale with this clue. If you want me to request an order now, you have to spit out something more."

Shopkeeper Yuan kept silent.

Jin Zhu's eyes flashed slightly and he said to the door: "Liu Jiao, put down shopkeeper Yuan quickly and bandage his wounds!"

The two spies helped shopkeeper Yuan lie down on the table and carefully cleaned his wounds with strong liquor.

As soon as strong liquor was poured on the wound, Shopkeeper Yuan immediately screamed in heart-rending pain.

In the dark cell, Golden Pig took the opportunity to lean into the other person's ear and whispered: "I know you want to put some little bait to prove your worth, but if you only know this, I can't help you."

Shopkeeper Yuan's lips trembled slightly: "I have a lot of things in my stomach. You will know how useful I am in the future. Let me tell you another piece of news. The Military Intelligence Department also has a spy in Prince Jing's Mansion. He is responsible for interfacing with the important figures in the Prince's Mansion.

The Military Intelligence Department delivers the message."

Golden Pig's eyes flashed: "Who is he?"
To be continued...