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Chapter 241 Investigation
King Xuan was about to speak again when he caught sight of the young man's face, and his expression immediately turned serious. "Are you a member of the Bone Force tribe?"

The captive Gulibanu glared fiercely at King Xuan. "That's right, I am Gulibanu, a son of the Gulibanu clan. King Xuan, you didn't expect this, did you? There's still one of us alive in the Gulibanu clan!"

"What do you mean? What's wrong with the Bone Force Clan?"

"Don't play dumb! You sent people to kill my entire Guli family, I'll haunt you even as a ghost!"

“I have always maintained good relations with the Guli clan, so how could I possibly kill them?” King Xuan frowned and said, “You keep saying that I sent people to kill the Guli clan, but do you have any evidence?”

"The knife hanging at my waist is the evidence!"

Wu Yi stepped forward, took the sword from Gulibaer's waist, and presented it to Tang Zhao with both hands.

King Xuan reached out his hand, waiting to receive it: ...

Having been mentally prepared, Gu Ci waited quietly until Tang Zhao finished reading before reaching out to take the long sword and examining it carefully. "It is indeed the sword of the Northwest Army."

"Hmph!" said Gulibanu, "What else do you have to say?"

“This is indeed the Northwest Army’s sword,” Gu Ci said coldly, “but the swords they used before are now made of steel, far superior to this one.”

"Nonsense!" Gulibanu didn't believe it. The Guli clan didn't even have many swords like this, so where could there be a better sword?

Facts speak louder than words. Gu Ci personally led Gulibanu out of the royal tent, randomly picked a patrolling soldier, and drew the sword from his waist.

Gulibanu saw Gu Ci clashing two long swords together with force, and with a crack, the sword in his right hand broke in two.

Gulibanu opened his eyes in disbelief.

"The knife you brought was made by the weapons workshop of the Ministry of War of Dayu. It is made of pig iron, which is hard enough but too brittle and can be easily broken in two."

"The weapons currently used by my Northwest Army are all made of steel, which is not only much harder than pig iron, but also extremely tough. If the Bone Force Clan was really killed by the Northwest Army, why would they abandon their good swords?"

"It is clear that the people of the Kuli clan deliberately used the Northwest Army's weapons to frame the Northwest Army, but they did not know that the Northwest Army had already replaced them with better longswords."

Gulibanu stood there stunned for a long time before stepping forward to take the long sword from Gu Ci's hand. He then took out the dagger he carried with him and slashed down hard. With a crisp sound, the dagger broke in two.

Gulibanu was completely convinced; no one would abandon such a divine weapon in favor of an inferior one.

He turned and knelt down in the direction of King Xuan, "I beg Your Highness to avenge my Guli clan and find the murderer who killed us!"

King Xuan quickly helped him up, saying, "Don't worry, I will definitely not stand idly by."

"Zhao Zhao, Yuan Ye, you two take some men to the Guli Manor and see if you can find any clues about the murderer who killed the Guli clan."

"Yes!" Tang Zhao and Gu Ci turned and left.

“I’m going too!” Gulibanu shouted.

“You have been traveling all this way and have been subjected to this shock; your body has reached its limit,” Xuan Wang said, “Your family and Zhao Zhao are on good terms with Yuan Ye, and they will not let go of any clues. Just stay in the military camp and wait for news.”

Gulibanu knew that with his current physical condition, going would not only be unhelpful but would also cause trouble, so he could only follow orders.

Tang Zhao and Gu Ci sped along the road and soon passed through the gorge and arrived at the tea and horse trade market. They found that the once bustling streets were now deserted and desolate.

The group slowed their horses down. Before Wu Yi'er even reached the Guli Mansion, he smelled the pungent stench of blood. Together with his guards, he formed a circle around Tang Zhao and Gu Ci to protect them.

Gu Ci dismounted and walked to the body outside the wall, which was already covered by snow. He examined it carefully and said, "It was a case of someone slitting the throat."

The soldiers guarding the tea-horse trade route weren't particularly skilled, but they weren't exactly weak either. To have one's throat slit silently showed the newcomer's exceptional martial arts ability. Tang Zhao dismounted and pushed open the half-closed gate of the Guli Mansion. He immediately saw Dili, dressed in red, lying quietly in the snow-covered ground, her expression filled with pain and reluctance.

The person who had just made a promise with her to pick fresh flowers and make flower dew was gone just like that. Tang Zhao couldn't help but tremble all over, and her eyes instantly welled up with tears.

Two arms wrapped tightly around her from behind, saying, "Cry, don't hold it in."

Tang Zhao turned around, her eyes blurred with tears, unable to see the person in front of her. She raised her arm to wipe away her tears and looked up to meet Gu Ci's eyes, which were full of worry and heartache.

Tang Zhao choked up as she said, "Gu Ci, Dili is dead."

Gu Ci hugged Tang Zhao with heartache and comforted him, "Yes, we will definitely find the murderer and make them apologize to Dili and the Guli clan!"

“But Dili and the dead will never come back,” Tang Zhao cried. Dili was the first friend she made since being reborn into this world.

How could she not be heartbroken?

"Shall I take you home?" Gu Ci gently wiped away Tang Zhao's tears with his thumb. "Zhao Zhao, don't cry, it breaks my heart."

"I'm not going back. I'm staying here to find clues, to find the people who killed Dili, and to demand justice for this bloodshed!"

"Okay," Gu Ci said, holding Tang Zhao's hand. After examining the corpses and the scene one by one, he ordered people to collect all the bodies of the Gu family.

“Apart from Chief Bone Force and Baldiri, everyone else was killed with a single strike,” Gu Ci said slowly on the way back. “And Baldiri and Baldiri had barely exchanged a hundred or so blows.”

It should be noted that as the heir of the Boneforce clan, Boneforce Baal's martial arts skills are by no means weak. There are not many people in the world who can defeat Baal within a hundred moves.

“All other traces have been completely covered by the heavy snow. The most useful clue now is that the assassin deliberately left behind weapons to frame the Northwest Army.”

Tang Zhao asked him, "Who can obtain the weapons of the Northwest Army?"

"The weapons sent to the Northwest by the imperial court have all been recycled and melted down into steel by the weapons workshops. The entire Northwest Army has none left," Gu Ci breathed a sigh of relief. "They must have come from the weapons workshops of the Ministry of War."

The weapons produced by the Ministry of War's weapons workshops were supplied to the entire army, making it extremely difficult to trace their origin.

The seals of the Northwest Army were only worn by the King Xuan and the Minister of War who was in charge of the weapons workshop.

Tang Zhao asked, "Does Father have any connection with the Minister of War?"

Gu Ci said, "No."

Tang Zhao:. . . .

With all roads blocked, the two returned to the military camp to report to King Xuan.

At the Ministry of War, Prince Xuan scratched his chin and asked Jiang Yiming, who was standing next to him, "Do we have anyone in the Ministry of War?"

Jiang Yiming was very helpful: "Yes, I will send a message back to the capital by carrier pigeon right now."

Half a month later, the pigeon landed in front of Jiang Yiming's military tent.

Jiang Yiming personally untied the note from the pigeon's leg, on which were written three words:

Flying Dragon Guard.

Jiang Yiming sighed: As expected.

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