Black Fairy, the master is a female ghost

On the morning of the second day, the streets and alleys of Zhongzhou City were covered with notices.

The content of the notice was that there was a spy from the Southern Liang Kingdom lurking in Zhongzhou City, and the government was tracking him down. The public was encouraged to expose the clues. If anyone gave clues about the spy and the clues were verified to be true, they would be rewarded with 500 taels of silver.

For a while, everyone in the streets and alleys of Zhongzhou City was talking about this matter.

People unconsciously analyze the people they know and look for suspicious things.

The Sixth Prince sat on the high hall of the yamen, waiting for the people to come forward and provide clues.

His wait was not in vain. Soon, he saw people coming and going at the yamen gate.

The yamen runners kept going in and out, arresting people everywhere based on clues.

In addition, Lu Xunhuan's left camp also dispatched two thousand soldiers. Under his leadership, they waited for orders at the yamen. Once the yamen runners were too busy, the soldiers would go out and arrest people based on the clues.

An hour later, someone came to report, "Sir, the gate of a certain house in the city has been closed for a long time. The people inside rarely come out and stay secluded, acting very mysteriously. They must be spies sent by the Southern Liang Kingdom."

The Sixth Prince was about to send his servants to the scene when Lu Xun Huan stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, I will lead the troops there to prevent any experts from coming."

The Sixth Prince nodded: "Okay, go ahead."

Lu Xunhuan walked out of the gate, called twenty soldiers, and headed straight for the so-called mansion.

He had been to this mansion before, so when someone came to expose the situation, he immediately knew who lived in the mansion.

He walked through the streets and alleys until he reached the large mansion. He ordered the soldiers, "Knock on the door."

A soldier received the order and stepped forward, waving his fist and banging on the door with a deafening roar.

After a long time, the door opened.

In front of Lu Xunhuan, he saw a familiar stranger.

When the man saw him, he was obviously stunned.

Then he bowed and saluted: "Master Lu... No, Captain Lu."

Lu Xunhuan smiled: "Why is it you?"

The man said, "My family is a genuine Zhou Dynasty native. Captain Lu wouldn't think we are spies for the Southern Liang Kingdom, right?"

Lu Xun Huan turned to the soldiers and said, "My old acquaintances, you stay outside the door while I go in and take a look."

After giving orders to the soldiers, he stepped through the gate.

The man bowed to the soldiers outside the door and closed it.

Entering the courtyard, Lu Xunhuan asked as he walked, "Is the captain here?"

The man replied, "The captain is out, Captain Lu, we are indeed from the Zhou Kingdom."

Lu Xun Huan stopped and said, "Really? You were so rude when you came to my Dengtian Gate. Do you believe I would have put you in jail?"

The man sighed and bowed again, "Master Lu, I was a little arrogant at the time, but I was also following orders and came to you with all sincerity to discuss something. Didn't you also give me a bad face?"

This man was the one who went to Dengtianmen to look for Lu Xunhuan but was stopped by Senior Sister Lan. He pointed the tip of his sword at Senior Sister Lan's throat.

Lu Xunhuan was very unhappy at that time. Anyone who dared to disrespect Senior Sister Lan would be committing the greatest offense to Dengtianmen.

He had already guessed that the man was a member of the Shenlong Pavilion, but later on, he had little contact with the Shenlong Pavilion and never saw him again.

Lu Xunhuan took another step and strolled around the mansion: "Are you sure your captain is out?"

The man replied, "Indeed, he left home late at night the day before yesterday."

Lu Xun Huan asked again: "Then do you know what she did?"

The man shook his head: "The captain only asked me to guard the house, and did not tell me where she was going."

Lu Xunhuan raised his head and looked at the attic in front of him: "Besides your captain, how many other members are there here?"

The man replied, "Besides the captain, there's only me and Ye Feihong. Now Feihong is helping you open the shop, so the captain and I are the only ones left here."

Lu Xunhuan said, "Really?"

He suddenly jumped up, leaped onto the second floor of the attic and opened the window.

Inside the room, a woman looked at him awkwardly, then bowed and said, "Master Lu."

This woman had also been to Dengtianmen.

At that time, she went to find Lu Xunhuan and said that the higher-ups wanted to recruit him into the organization, but Lu Xunhuan did not agree.

Lu Xun Huan smiled and said, "If you had told me that your organization was the Shenlong Pavilion, I might have been tempted. But you had to keep it so mysterious."

The woman whispered, "Sorry, the name of the organization cannot be casually mentioned."

Lu Xun Huan sat on the windowsill. "Tell me, how many people are there in the Shenlong Pavilion Zhongzhou branch so far?"

The woman's gaze wandered for a moment, and she said, "You've basically seen all of our people, right? There are only four of them."

Lu Xun Huan asked, "Has there been any new developments recently?"

The woman shook her head: "No."

Lu Xun Huan turned around and looked at the man below the attic: "Okay, I understand."

He jumped down from the second floor and said to the man, "I'll have to bear the brunt of your injustice and spend a day or two in jail. After all, someone reported you here. If I don't arrest someone and report back, it will be difficult for the Sixth Prince to speak to me."

The man asked, "Is everything okay?"

Lu Xun Huan said, "Man, what are you afraid of? One of you and her has to go. It doesn't mean she has to go alone, right?"

The man nodded: "Okay, I believe that Captain Lu is honest and will not lie."

Lu Xun Huan snorted and said, "Stop blackmailing me. Let's go."

Hundreds of people were arrested in Zhongzhou City throughout the day. The prison was so overcrowded that it was impossible to put each person in a cell. Some cells held five or six people at the same time.

Many people cried out for justice, complained, and cursed, and the entire prison was noisy and there was no time for peace and quiet.

After dark, the reporting and arresting activities were temporarily suspended, and the people of Zhongzhou City finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As the night deepened and the dew became heavier, the lights in the entire city dimmed and the streets and alleys fell into silence.

A black shadow flew out from a house somewhere in the city, dodging and moving hurriedly through the darkness.

Soon, he arrived near the south city wall and looked up at the sparse patrolling soldiers on the top of the wall.

After waiting for a while, until the patrolling soldiers walked away, he jumped up along the city wall and flew up.

After staying for a while on the city wall, he flew forward, trying to fly out of the city.

Just as he reached the edge of the city wall, there was a "whoosh" sound, and a long rope flew out from a hidden place and wrapped around his waist.

The long rope pulled him hard, knocking him to the ground.

The Sixth Prince and Lu Xunhuan appeared and captured the man.

A patrolling soldier heard the noise and ran back, shining a torch on the man's face.

The Sixth Prince asked Lu Xunhuan, "Do you know him?"

Lu Xunhuan shook his head: "Never seen it."

The soldier with the torch said, "I've seen him before. He's the guy at the counter at Zhongtian Shop."

The Sixth Prince stroked his beard and asked, "Zhongtian Store?"

The soldier reported, "Your Highness, Zhongtian Store mainly sells local specialties."

Lu Xun Huan tied the man up and asked the Sixth Prince, "Prince, are you going or should I go?"

The Sixth Prince said, "I will go there myself. You take this man back and put him in a heavy prison."

For the entire day, the government caused chaos in the city in the name of catching spies, but it was just a warning to others.

None of those arrested were spies.

The real spy, after hiding in fear during the day, could no longer hold back at night.

In the prison, in the cell for serious criminals, Lu Xunhuan brought the man in and tied him to a pillar.

He walked up to the man with the torture device in his hand and said, "Tell me, what did the owner of Zhongtian Store send you out for?"

The man shook his head: "I am a genuine Zhou Dynasty citizen, not a spy."

Lu Xunhuan called to the yamen runner, "Come here."

Two yamen runners came forward and said, "Sir."

Lu Xun Huan ordered, "Take off all his clothes and search his clothes to see if there are any letters hidden inside."

Two yamen runners came forward, untied the man, and began to undress him.

A moment later, the man was naked, without even his underwear.

However, after the two yamen runners searched all of the man's clothes, they did not find any letters or anything else.

Lu Xunhuan stepped forward, opened the man's mouth and took a look.

"You two, go get some laxatives."

When the man heard this, his expression suddenly changed.

While Lu Xunhuan was arranging two yamen runners to get the laxative, the Sixth Prince brought his soldiers and arrested all the people in Zhongtian Shop and put them in jail.

The interrogation began overnight.