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Chapter 536: Jingbei Hou Becomes Suspicious of Lin Xi

Marquis Jingbei was anxious to have someone investigate some things, so after saying goodbye to the evil cultivator and Wang Siruo, he quickly left the underground palace and returned to his study.

"housekeeper!"

After he restored the entrance to the underground palace to its original state, he immediately shouted outside the door.

"I am here, my Lord, please give me your orders!"

The butler came in upon hearing the voice, bowed respectfully to Marquis Jingbei, and waited for his orders.

"Hurry up and inform Chen Fan and Chen Fu, and ask them to come see me immediately!"

Marquis Jingbei looked at the butler and said anxiously.

Seeing his master's serious look, the butler quickly bowed and accepted the order to go look for the two men.

Jingbei Hou sat behind his desk, pondered for a while, and then shouted into the air: "Li Qing!"

"My subordinate is here!"

As a cold voice was heard, a man in black, wearing a nightgown and a veil, suddenly appeared in front of the desk.

"Go contact the spies in the palace and ask them to find out what Lin Xi did every time he entered the palace. Also, who trained the people who came out of the palace to search for Wang Siruo, and how skilled they are. Hurry!"

Marquis Jingbei stood up, leaned forward, approached the man in black and whispered instructions.

"Yes, my subordinate, go right away!"

The man in black still spoke in a cold voice. After agreeing, he disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Not long after the man in black left, Chen Fan and Chen Fu followed the butler and hurried to the study.

"Butler, order someone to put ten live chickens into the Immortal Master's room!"

"Chen Fan, you personally take those people who followed Lin Xi to search for Lin Xi's whereabouts. Once you have any news, report it immediately. Be careful not to be discovered by Lin Xi!"

"Chen Fu, contact the spies in each mansion and tell them to be careful and make sure nothing goes wrong before the incident. If there is anything unusual in the mansion, report it immediately!"

Marquis Jingbei put his hands behind his back, walked up to the three butlers, and gave orders in a serious tone.

"Yes, I obey!"

The three of them immediately followed the order.

Jingbei Hou closed the study door, quickly returned to the desk and sat down, took out a map from a hidden drawer and began to look at it.

If Jun Moyue were here, he would be surprised to find that the map showed the detailed layout of various mansions in the capital, including the imperial palace. There were also small circles drawn on it with a red pen. The areas circled were where the city defense troops were deployed!

Marquis Jingbei waited until the beginning of the hour of Hai. During this time, the butler came to invite him to dinner, but he did not go out.

"Your subordinate greets the Marquis!"

It was not until Li Qing's cold voice was heard again in the study that Jingbei Hou stood up from behind the desk, strode to him, narrowed his eyes and asked, "Get up, no need to be polite, what have they found out?"

"Every time Lin Xi came to the palace, he would stay in the Imperial Study with the Regent for a long time. Because the Regent would always have his confidants guard outside at this time, our people didn't dare to get close and didn't know what the two of them were doing inside. They discovered something strange. Every time Lin Xi came to the palace, the Regent would have the Imperial Kitchen prepare countless delicacies and send them to the Imperial Study. That appetite was enough for two hundred people, not to mention two people. But the strange thing was that these delicacies sent in were always eaten up!"

Li Qing stood up and quickly reported what he had found out about Lin Xi to Marquis Jingbei.

"Can it eat enough food for two hundred people? Could it be that this Lin Xi is not an ordinary person just like the Immortal Master? The people who were sent to search for Lin Xi in the afternoon came back to report that Lin Xi suddenly disappeared after entering the Prime Minister's Mansion yesterday to celebrate the New Year with the old Prime Minister's family. It seems that we have to send people to Linshan County to investigate thoroughly!" Marquis Jingbei thought secretly.

"My Lord, those guards who came out of the palace to capture Wang Siruo were previously trained by Leng Yi, but recently the Regent has trained them personally. However, they have never shown their skills in front of others, so I don't know how strong they are!"

Seeing that Jingbei Hou had been standing there in silence for a long time, Li Qing took the initiative to bow and report.

"Let a few assassins find a reason to fight with the guards and test their skills. Remember to pick the ones with the best martial arts skills!"

After hearing what Li Qing said, Marquis Jingbei stroked his beard and gave him instructions.

After Li Qing received the order, Marquis Jingbei asked his confidants to guard outside the study while he entered the underground palace again.

"Master, I have something that I need you to do in person!"

Marquis Jingbei walked into the evil cultivator's stone chamber, sat cross-legged opposite him, and spoke directly.

"What is it? Please tell me, sir!"

The evil cultivator opened his eyes, waved his withered hand, put away the black jar in front of him, and looked at Marquis Jingbei intently.

"I suspect that Lin Xi is not an ordinary person. The immortal cultivators in the palace may be related to her. My people have not been able to find her whereabouts in the capital, so I would like to ask the Immortal Master to go to Linshan County to inquire about Lin Xi. Only the Immortal Master has the ability to travel back and forth between the capital and Linshan County within three days, so I have to trouble the Immortal Master to make the trip. If the existence of Lin Xi has an impact on our uprising, we must get rid of her first to be on the safe side!"

Marquis Jingbei stared at the Immortal Master and spoke every word, with murderous intent flashing in his eyes.

"In that case, I will set off for Linshan County now!"

After preparing for so many years, the evil cultivator was afraid that something might go wrong at the critical moment, and his master would definitely not let him go, so he agreed to Jingbei Hou's request very straightforwardly, stood up and took the map handed over by Jingbei Hou, looked at it carefully for a while, memorized the direction, put the map in his arms, and was about to set off for Linshan County.

"I'll go too! I'm a good painter and have met Lin Xi face to face more than once. After we get to Linshan County, I can draw her portrait and help find that bitch!"

Jingbei Hou and the evil cultivator looked at each other and agreed. Wang Siruo and Lin Xi's mother and daughter had a feud over the murder of their mother, so it would be beneficial for them to go together.

The evil cultivator brought Wang Siruo out of the underground palace, and under the arrangement of Marquis Jingbei, they quietly left the capital and headed towards Linshan County.

Although the speed of the evil cultivators was not as fast as that of Xiaobai and other divine beasts, it was much faster than that of ordinary people. They arrived at Linshan County at the beginning of the second day.

Wang Siruo entered a shop selling paper, ink, pens and inkstones, and began to paint quickly. Soon, Lin Xi's portrait was finished. She brought the evil cultivator to the jewelry shop where she had met Lin Xi before, and walked in with her portrait.

"Miss, what kind of jewelry would you like to choose?"

The proprietress greeted her warmly. Because Wang Siruo was wearing a face scarf, she did not recognize this unruly young lady who had caused trouble in her shop.

"Madam, I want to ask you about someone. Look at the girl in this painting. She has come to your store to buy jewelry. Do you know where she lives? If you can tell me her specific address, this ingot of gold will be yours!"

Wang Siruo unfolded the portrait, took out a gold ingot and placed it in front of the proprietress.

She just didn't believe that the huge reward wouldn't be enough to find that bitch's hometown.