Two days ago, news came from the return sentry that Shen Yiwei, who was supposed to be in Wohua Mountain, disappeared for no reason, and countless soldiers participated in the search, but there was no whereabouts.

When the news came out, Jiang Ming was like a mad demon, his mood instantly became extremely irritable, and he almost broke the arms of the sentry rider who came to report, if Lin Han hadn't stopped it in time, he would have gone straight out of the camp gate to Wohua Mountain to find it. But Mu Ya expressed his opinion, if Shen Yiwei really disappeared, relying on him to find it alone would not be of much use, and at the moment, he could only rely on the troops of Wohua Mountain to scatter his tracks, and at the same time, let the seventh act help to achieve better results.

When Jiang Ming was extremely anxious, Chang An finally sent a piece of news to the Wohua Mountain military camp after careful verification, but the result surprised Jiang Ming and others, Jiang Ming tore up the letter on the spot, and roared: "How can this be? She actually came to Xia Dye City three days ago, and then went to Xiaoyong City, and I didn't even know it!"

Mu Ya said: "How did Chang An respond?

Jiang Ming's heart was like a sinking cold pool, and his voice trembled: "She, I don't know where she is!"

According to the letter, Shen Yi was worried that after she arrived in Xiaoyongcheng, there were more than three witnesses, but after an incident, she disappeared, and no one saw her leave the city or appear elsewhere for three days.

"She's here, why doesn't she see me? Is she really angry with me?" Jiang Ming's heart was suddenly shocked, he suddenly realized that Shen Yiwu had been to Xia Dye, according to the reasoning time, that day was the seventh day of the seventh month, it was the time when Jiang Ming and Chu Hong witnessed the death of the two status realm powerhouses, and there was also an incident that Jiang Ming remembered vividly that day, Hu Jiangli appeared in Xia Dye City, and saved him and Chu Hong. He wondered if it was Shen Yiwu who saw him staring at Hu Jiangli obsessively that caused her to give up the idea of coming to him.

"It's really damn!" Jiang Ming couldn't wait to poke two holes in his body at this time, thinking that Shen Yiwu might face all kinds of unknown dangers, he couldn't be quiet, Lin Han and several people were around him, knowing that he was flustered now, and he didn't dare to speak easily.

Jiang Ming suddenly said, "Liang Jin, please." I need all the spies in this area to be involved in the search, and at the same time release more spies to find them, and I must tell them not to let go of any places where they may be. ”

Liang Jin knew that the matter was big, and he didn't dare to slack off, and said with a serious expression: "I will immediately order." ”

Jiang Ming looked at Lin Han with a fluttering look in his eyes, took out a small piece of yuan gold from his arms, and said, "Give this yuan gold to Chang An, and after deducting the tens of thousands of taels of silver that he borrowed from him before, this yuan gold should be able to be exchanged for more silver." Let your henchman go down and tell him that as long as he can help me find Yi Wei as soon as possible, I can send another three taels of gold. ”

Mu Ya's eyes froze, that day in the secret room of the Dragon Dome Clan, Jiang Ming found a total of six yuan gold totaling eight taels, divided three taels for the Chen brothers and sisters, and gave him one tael, and Jiang Ming took three yuan and four taels of gold, and he had never seen him swagger and squandering in the past, but this shot was all his net worth, which shows the importance of Shen Yiwei in Jiang Ming's eyes.

After Lin Han heard this, he took the golden gold with an extraordinarily golden luster, and didn't say anything else, just hummed lightly.

Jiang Ming said again: "Mu Ya, follow me to Xiaoyong, the last trace of Yi Wei appeared there, there must be some clues there, you know the art of Qimen, you should be able to help me." ”

Mu Ya also nodded.

At this time, Luo Hu said: "Today's Jiaozhi City and Xiaoyong City have a large number of Qin soldiers, and the portraits of several of us are on display, I am afraid that as long as you enter Xiaoyong, you will be discovered, and it is difficult to deal with being chased and killed by ten thousand troops, but you still have to find someone, if you don't disguise things, it will be troublesome." ”

Lin Han said: "But the spy has already paid off, and the city gate is strictly inspected for all kinds of disguises and disguises, if you want to change your body into a disguise by wearing a beard as usual, it seems that it is difficult to enter Xiaoyong, and we can't rush this matter." ”

Jiang Ming's face turned cold, and he said, "If you can't, then kill it, this matter can't be delayed any longer." ”

Everyone looked at Jiang Ming's cold eyes, and they could all feel that Jiang Ming's emotions were like waves at this time, the calm and calm in the past had lost all his inches, and now he seemed to be a different person because of Shen Yi's disappearance, and any wind and grass was enough to trigger his uneasy heart.

At this moment, the curtain was lifted, and Chu Hong, who didn't know when he went out, came in quietly at this time, and a woman in a red dress was standing beside her, who was the ringfish that had not been injured in the barracks for several days. Huanziyu said: "I can help you with this matter!"

Because of the close relationship between Huanziyu and Chu Hong, Liang Jin, Luo Hu, and Lin Han couldn't help but give some face, so they each bowed their heads and arched their hands, Lin Han said: "What Miss Huan said is true?

Huanziyu stepped forward and owed a debt, which was regarded as a few salutes in return, Chu Hong seemed to be telling her on the side, but she still said: "There is a means in my teaching that can change the face, people call it 'silk utensils', and if it is pasted on the face, it is like a natural face, if you don't use special means to identify, others will never find out the difference." I have verified before, as long as it is a mortal person below the status, it is impossible for anyone to find out the true face of the user, but this silk tool can't stop the status of the strong

The spiritual penetration of the person, but it is also extremely rare in my sect, and ordinary people will never be able to see it. ”

Jiang Ming frowned slightly and said, "Huanziyu, what you said is true, even if what you said is true, but I want to know a reason, why did you help me?"

Huanziyu looked at Chu Hong on the side, and then looked at Jiang Ming with a straight look, and said indifferently: "Chu Hong wants to help you, it's as simple as that." ”

Hearing this, Luo Hu on the side approached Chu Hong, and said with a rather strange look in his eyes: "This woman, you have already done it." Chu Hong shrugged his shoulders, broke free of Luo Hu's hand on his shoulder, and smiled lightly: "Guess, I don't think you can guess." Huanziyu has a keen sense of hearing, even though the conversation between Luo Hu and Chu Hong is extremely quiet, she still listens to it in her ears, and she can't help but feel red at the root of her ears.

Jiang Ming said: "Then please trouble Miss to help, if you can find Yi Wei, I will definitely repay Miss Hui." Huanziyu paused and said, "No need, he said, he and you are brothers, and there is nothing to owe or not." However, in the Smoke Shop before, your words revealed that you were different from others, and I wanted to hear why you had that opinion about the Demon Sect. ”

Jiang Ming hesitated slightly, and said: "I can tell you about this matter, but don't blame me for not wanting to talk now, what I want to do most at the moment is to go to Xiaoyongcheng to find out the news, I am already anxious about this." ”

Huanziyu bowed slightly, and said: "I understand, then I will go and prepare the silk set immediately, but I can only prepare four copies at most, and because I want to observe the ability of this silk tool, I ask to go with Chu Hong with you, and you can find another person to go with." ”

Lin Han put his palm on Jiang Ming's shoulder, expressed a relieved look, and said with a light smile: "Then add me, you and I are also old partners, with our three martial arts masters going, even if Li Zhengxing and them besiege, we have nothing to fear." ”

Huanziyu said angrily: "Why don't you count me? I am also a real eight-stage person, and I will not lose to you in terms of force." ”

Lin Han's face tightened, he seemed to ignore that this woman also had extraordinary abilities, that day in the Liuyan Workshop, she fought Lin Han, Luo Hu, and Jiang Ming with a serious injury, although she couldn't have the upper hand, but he could also see that Huanziyu's martial arts realm was at least at the peak of the eighth stage, and it was indeed not weaker than any of them.

Lin Han said apologetically: "I hope Miss won't be surprised, it's just that I'm usually a little smooth." ”

Huanziyu did not find it difficult for Lin Han because of this matter, although she was indifferent and strong, she was not rude, but Chu Hong was afraid that because of this, Huanziyu could not get the approval of several brothers, so he stepped forward to explain and comfort, but it caused Liang Jin and Luo Hu to look weird, and Huanziyu's face was flushed.

"Okay!" Jiang Ming interrupted a few people's small talk, walked out of the camp tent with the halberd, turned around with a serious and solemn face, as if any smile carried a deep sadness, and said slowly: "Miss, please, everyone, I'll wait for you outside." ”

Fan Qiong and Wu Da returned to the barracks from Wohua Mountain yesterday, and waited in the camp for several commanders to arrange, but because of the news from the return sentry horse, the deployment of the entire military camp was a little sluggish, so the two of them still had nothing to do, and when they learned that Jiang Ming was going to Xiaoyongcheng, they brought the black horse with them.

Fan Qiong said: "General Jiang Ming, we also gave you your war horse, we haven't treated it badly these days, you lent it to us back to Wohua Mountain to report the news that day, but this dark horse is really stubborn, we couldn't ride it along the way, so we had to lead it all the way." After returning to Wohua Mountain, the two of us fed it for many days, but we still couldn't get the dark horse to agree with us, so we could only lead it to the barracks. ”

Jiang Ming touched the head of the black horse and said with a faint smile: "It's really worthy of the name I gave, 'Juejiang' is really stubborn, but after that, you can go with me for a long time." The black horse seemed to understand Jiang Ming's words, brought the horse's head closer to Jiang Ming, and arched towards his shoulder, looking extremely well-behaved.

Lin Han, Chu Hong, and Huanziyu also came to Jiang Ming's side one after another at this time, Lin Han said: "Lao Jin has already scattered all the people, and I also asked people to take your yuan gold to Jiaozhi City, in order not to delay Shen Yi's big event, let's set off as soon as possible!"

Huanziyu took out a cloth bag from the baggage, she stretched out her hand into it, and as if using magic, she took out four extremely thin flesh-colored masks, handed one of them out, and slowly put them on her face, only to see that the faces of the four people changed greatly in an instant. The face shape of the ring fish has become slightly rounder, but the appearance is still extremely good, Chu Hong's face has become much larger, and Lin Han's face has a lot of pockmarks, which is in stark contrast to the previous whiteness. The most surprising thing is Jiang Ming's new face, which seems to be more than ten years old, and the short stubble shows that he is extremely capable, although he looks older, he is much more handsome than before, and this handsomeness, like the vicissitudes of the years, makes people feel any abruptness.

Jiang Ming touched his face and laughed at himself: "It seems that it's quite comfortable, but this is what I look like when I'm old!"

When the others saw the sadness in his eyes, they stopped talking, and the air froze a little.

The horses galloped, and after a while, the four of them came to the outside of Xiaoyong City, but the city gate was pasted with portraits of the high-ranking people of Wohua Mountain, and the faces of several lieutenants were also pasted on the wall, but the thirty-four armored soldiers did not check at all

Out of the place where a few people were not right, he put the four of them into the city.

Chu Hong said: "Ziyu, your method is quite clever, three or four inspections have not found any suspicious points, this silk tool is much stronger than the camouflage skills in the rivers and lakes." ”

Before Huanziyu could answer, Jiang Ming interrupted their conversation and said, "Chang An's letter said that the sons of the chief secretary of Xiaoyongcheng and the grain and horse officials have seen Yi Wei, and a retired veteran named Yang Xiongxuan has also seen them, so our target is the three of them. Lin Han went to the main bookkeeper's mansion, Chu Hong and Miss Huan went to the grain and horse mansion, and I went to look for Yang Xiongxuan, for the sake of safety, we don't have to take their lives first, and after asking clearly, we will meet at the designated place as soon as possible. ”

A few people passed by one and walked in different directions.

Yang Xiongyan retired from Jiaozhi City a few days ago and returned to Xiaoyong, Yangtafeng specially ordered Xiaoyong's Ling Cheng to give Yang Xiongyan an old house to settle down temporarily, because he had been guarding Yangtafeng for a long time, he had no other skills and craftsmanship, so he tried to pick up the work of decades ago and started a business of buying and selling bean cakes.

It's just that in this Xiaoyong City, the rich and noble children are far from being as complicated as Jiaozhi City, and few people will like his bean cake flavor, and they have little business even after selling it for a few days, and they have lost a lot of costs in vain, which makes Yang Xiong, who is already making a difficult living, frown.

Sister-in-law Liu, who was a neighbor, saw Yang Xiong sitting at the door in a daze, so she showed her cordial concern for her new neighbor and shouted: "Brother Yang, was the bean cake not bought and sold well yesterday? If you really can't make a living, you will follow the two of us to make tofu, and the residents in the city can't do without tofu, maybe business will be better." ”

Yang Xiong smiled kindly, he knew that this old couple had four children, and they all relied on the two of them to sell tofu for a living, if they really learned the tofu craft from his family, I was afraid that they would inevitably rob their business, which would make him unhappy. Yang Xiong thought for a moment, and said: "Old sister-in-law, my bean cake business has improved in the past two days, and if you want to lose money, it will be these two days, and if you make some money in a few days, I will return the money I borrowed from you before, and it is not easy for you, if you take care of a bad old man, you will be too tired." ”

Sister-in-law Liu said with a smile: "Brother Yang, what are you talking about, you can just use that money, although our life is more difficult, but we are already a resident of this Xiaoyongzhong who does not worry about normal food, not to mention that we are neighbors, and we naturally have to help where we can help." The city lord of Yangtafeng is now implementing a new policy in Jiaozhi City, and I heard that the people in the city have received great benefits, and without the oppression of those big gentry, it is estimated that the days will be much better, but I don't know when the policy will be implemented to Xiaoyonglai?"

Yang Xiong said: "Although it can't make the people rich in a short time, at least it can change the doom of starving to death on the streets, and the good days of the people of Xiaoyong should not be far away." Before leaving, I also asked the city lord, and he said that as long as the situation of Jiaozhi City was improved, he would immediately carry out reforms in the three vassal cities, after all, it was the city lord himself who said it, and he should not easily regret it. ”

Sister-in-law Liu said with a smile: "This Yangta Feng City Lord is really a good official, we couldn't see it before, but now we have eradicated the three evil families in one fell swoop, and the living conditions of the people of Jiaozhi City have been improved in an instant, and I really look forward to the implementation of the new policy in Xiaoyongcheng." ”

After Sister-in-law Liu left, Yang Xiongyan was worried about the materials for making bean cakes, although he refused the kind help of Sister-in-law Liu's family, but his own livelihood was not solved, and the spoiled bean cakes left the day before yesterday were heated for lunch, and then he sat at the door thinking about how to improve his livelihood, whether to ask the city lord for more subsidies, or to advance a month's unpaid salary to the grain manager of Xiaoyongcheng, which made him very bored.

"No matter how much subsidies are needed, it can't improve much, and the more I rely on the policies given by the city lord to live, the worse I will live. Alas, if I had listened to Brother Huang when I was young and married a daughter-in-law, I wouldn't have lived so badly in my old age! Alas, what do you think about, if I take a daughter-in-law, I can't wait for others to die at home, and it is not good for a woman to live in this troubled world, and I don't want to harm people. Speaking of which, the life of those years was really difficult, if it was worse, my old life would be lost along with Lao Huang's brothers......"

A veteran of a small town, all he can think of is these acts of kindness, he has no wife and children in his life, and his parents died early a few years ago, he didn't even go home to fulfill his filial piety, so he was hastily put into the coffin by the kindness of his neighbors, and after returning from retirement, he couldn't even find his parents' graves. However, he still did not give up and continue to live, in his eyes, only alive can have all possibilities, just like the sheep tower wind who was oppressed by the three major families in those years, no one ever thought that he would be a cowardly city lord for fifteen years, and then once eradicated the cancer of Jiaozhi City, as long as people live, there must be hope.

He thought that he had paid for the military a few years ago, but now that he is old and has no strength, it is time to live his own life. Even if it was a little harder, even if he was ridiculed and ignored more, he was luckier than many people, and it was enough for a veteran who didn't have much to do.

"If I can't get back the cost of making bean cakes for another day, I'll go and pick up swill for people, or I'll dig a dung pit, and I will continue to live for this humble life. Otherwise, I'm so sorry for those brothers. ”