An assassin? Call me the Master of Raising Prices!

A carriage was swaying along outside the capital, stopping from time to time to look around before continuing forward.

After walking for a long time, we stopped in front of an abandoned temple. A masked man in black robes got out of the carriage and walked towards the ruined temple.

"Squeak"

Pushing open the door of the ruined temple, two similarly masked men in black robes were sitting and warming themselves by the fire. When they saw someone coming, they looked back and said with a smile, "Tianshu, you're late."

"It's the New Year and the holidays, the road is hard to walk, there's nothing we can do about it..." Tianshu walked in with a blank look on his face and calmly sat down to warm himself by the fire.

"Is the matter in the city settled?"

"I missed it. That kid is too cunning. I don't dare to make too much noise in the capital."

The two of them looked at each other, and finally sighed, "Lu Wenyu has found a good seed, God is unfair..."

"Shut up and Kaiyang! I just missed it once. It was my mistake, not Lu Wenyu's clever plan!" Tianshu said angrily, his teeth already gritting a bit by the sound of his voice.

"Okay, if you don't want to say it, don't say it. Why are you so angry..."

"Okay, please stop saying a few words. We have nothing to be proud of. We thought there would be good news from you." The last person sat cross-legged, with disappointment in his words.

Tianshu asked confusedly, "What? It's not going well for you there either?"

"It's not going well. The old guy is dead. No information can be found from the body. It's almost like he died in vain!"

There was silence among the three of them, with big eyes staring at each other. Unexpectedly, everything was not going well.

After a while, Tianshu sighed and said in a deep voice, "Master has an order."

"Oh?" They both said at the same time.

"Master said that Kaiyang and I will go to Hexi, and you will go to Jiangnan. Yu Heng is already waiting in Lin'an. When we arrive in Jiangnan, we will listen to Yu Heng first." After nodding, Tianshu said quietly, although he did not understand the master's intention.

After hesitating for a moment, Kaiyang asked doubtfully, "Master, do you mean that the Xuantian Treasure Jue is no longer found? In my opinion, the Xuantian Treasure Jue must be in the hands of that boy!"

"That's what the master said. I tried it, but the Xuantian Treasure Jue was not found in that boy's house. He has a lot of true energy, so there is a high probability that it is not the Xuantian Treasure Jue, but the Heaven-Building Treasure Sutra!"

"Impossible! The Heaven-Building Treasure Sutra must be in the palace! I saw it with my own eyes!" Kaiyang waved his hands repeatedly, noncommittal to Tianshu's words. He was more willing to believe his own eyes for the vague speculations.

The last person lowered his head and asked, "What about me? Why go to Jiangnan? There will soon be a place of right and wrong!"

"The Burning Sky Treasure Mirror is in Jiangnan!"

Tianshu's words made both of them raise their heads at the same time, with doubts in their eyes.

"Exact news!"

The confusion of the two people turned into shock, and their eyes were extremely bright, "Then you are going to Hexi?"

"I don't know! I'm just doing what I'm told."

The three of them nodded to each other and left. Before walking out, Tianshu looked back at the disemboweled corpse, shook his head with a sad face, and quickly walked out of the deserted temple and got into the carriage.

The driver reined in the horse's head, turned the carriage around, and headed west through the snow.

...

In the backyard room of the Lu Mansion, Zhao and Lu Wenyu sat opposite each other, each holding a cup of hot tea, sipping it in silence.

But the expressions on their faces were different. Zhao's expression was as calm as water. He couldn't make the decision anyway, so he simply let Lu Wenyu make the decision.

Lu Wenyu frowned, with a look of deep hatred on his face, and his eyes were full of sorrow.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhao "kindly" reminded him, "Fifth Master, please come up with an idea. Even if it doesn't work, you have to let the emperor know. This kind of thing cannot be hidden, and the person is dead. There is no way to even investigate..." ."

Lu Wenyu didn't understand. This boy was inoculating himself. This means that Zhao will not call the shots, take responsibility, take the blame, or even want to investigate this matter anyway.

As for what to do? It's up to you, it's none of his business!

I originally wanted to say a few words, but I couldn't get the words out of my mouth. After Lu Wenyu hesitated for a moment, he could only drink tea helplessly. There is no resurrection after death!

There was nothing he could do.

"How about you spread out the other stolen items?"

"What should I do with the account? What should I do if the superiors check it out? Are you just living today and not caring about tomorrow? The Emperor attaches great importance to this matter and can't do anything false!" Lu Wenyu's words were a little sad. To be honest, he was in a state of confusion right now. numb.

"Then how about burning down the warehouse, saying that all the ledgers are gone, and only taking out this much?"

"Are you crazy? How many people in your clan are enough for the emperor to kill you for such a settlement? Don't hurt me if you are alone!" Lu Wenyu was so frightened that he almost couldn't hold the tea cup steady and scolded him quickly.

"This is bullying!"

"There is a wolf in front and a tiger in the back. What do you think we should do, Fifth Master? This is the second time something went wrong..." Zhao didn't dare to continue, sipping the smell of tea and waiting.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Wenyu asked with a little hope, "Did Mr. Chen Hou say anything before he died?"

"What else can I say? It's just a bunch of useless words. For example, the rebellion requires money; I already knew about it; he is the only one..." Zhao drank tea and told what happened in the Hou Ye's house. , told the truth.

Since I can't hide it anyway, I might as well just say it out loud, maybe there's a way out.

"Stop, stop!" Lu Wenyu seemed to have caught something and quickly stopped, stroking the beard on his chin.

After thinking silently for a moment, he said, "Then just write it truthfully. If there is anything you can't write in it, you don't need me to teach you, right?"

"I know, if you know the news in advance, you won't write it. What's the reason? Coincidence?" Zhao asked quietly after putting down the teacup.

Lu Wenyu nodded, "It's indeed a coincidence!"

"Hahahaha..."

The two looked at each other and laughed unconsciously. Zhao breathed a sigh of relief. It's good that Lu Wenyu is willing to take care of it. More people mean more ways. The blame can't be borne by one person. Everyone has to participate.

Picking up the teacup and taking a sip, Zhao asked with a smile, "Isn't this deceiving the emperor?"

"Alas," Lu Wenyu also picked up the teacup and responded with a smile, "How can reporting truthfully be called deceiving the emperor? Truthfully! It must be truthful!"

"Truthfully, definitely truthfully!"

Back in Zhaoyu, Zhao wanted to write it himself, but when he thought of his own handwriting, he gave up.

Zhao specially found a centurion whose handwriting looked comfortable, and wrote one sentence after another. It took him almost an hour to write a short memorial. It was less than five or six hundred words, and I don't know how many sheets of paper he changed. The centurion who was writing was so tired that he could hardly lift his hands.

"Lord Zhao, do you need to revise it?"

Zhao glanced through it and thought there was no problem. "No, I'll go find Lord Lu, you go back."

It was the same study room again. Lu Wenyu lowered his head to read the memorial, nodded hurriedly, and smiled.

"It's well written, go back first."

"I'll go to the palace. You can't hide this from the emperor!"