Chapter 20: Searching for the Shadows
Antai Castle is the closest city to Xijing City, and many merchants who have not been able to stand in Xijing City with their financial resources have mostly set their sights on it. The status of Antai City is naturally rising, from the original small broken city to now one of the top cities in the Xijing Erfu area. There are some in Xijing City, and there are also here, but the grade is lower, just like a small Xijing City.
The city guard of Antai City is a big fat man who is comparable to the God of Wealth, and when he saw Xu Heng, who was holding the warrant of the general of the capital, the two of them were closer than their relatives, and they warmly invited Xu Heng and Gong Jingsheng into the city guard's mansion and prepared to set up a banquet to entertain them, but they were refused.
Xu Henggong Jingsheng and the two of them simply ate something and nodded their stomachs, and began to ask the city guard to cooperate in the investigation of yesterday's incident. Encountering such a diligent general's envoy, the city guard was so happy to hurry up and shake off the pot, and quickly took the two of them to the sealed room to check, told the whole story of the strange letter in detail, and called the guards who were on duty at that time for the envoy to inquire.
After a meticulous investigation, Xu Heng knew all the details of Princess Antaicheng's letter. The young man in Xuanyi walked around the table with his head bowed and walked around twice, without saying a word, he called Gong Jingsheng and left the city lord's mansion, changed two horses and went to the next place.
Half a day later, Xu Heng and the two arrived at the place where the next letter appeared - Pingning Valley. Just like in Antai City, the local city guard didn't have time to be polite, so he was pulled by the general's warrant envoy to restore yesterday's scene, and after sorting out all the information, he immediately changed horses and rushed to the next location.
Except for asking about the details of the incident, Xu Heng did not say a word throughout the whole process. Gong Jingsheng was in charge of the orders and arrangements, and Xu Heng had been thinking about something.
In this way, the two spent most of the day walking through the three closest locations to Xijing City, and then stopped in Jinkui County. Staying in the county mansion, let Gong Jingsheng go to fetch a bunch of unrelated information and then shut himself in the room, and walked out a little pale after a long time, too late to rest, called Gong Jingsheng to run to Menyang City.
Along the way, Xu Heng was in a hurry, and Gongjingsheng didn't have time to ask, so all his energy was used to hurry. After arriving at Menyang City, seeing the fishing port city that was already full of boats and boats in the early morning, the river was endless, and the bustling city, Xu Heng was not in a hurry. found the local governor and showed the general's warrant, pushed Gong Jingsheng to the chief, asked for a room and went to sleep.
Gongjingsheng and the local county magistrate Yu Dayou looked at each other.
After a whole day's rush, even if he has martial arts, Gong Jingsheng is tired, but he still has to be polite.
"The special commissioner of the General's Mansion to secretly investigate the affairs of the princess of the rivers and lakes"
This is the name of the two of them for the government forces outside the fourteen route locations, and with this name, Xu Heng can mobilize the local government to work for him.
Although it is not clear why he came here to rest, with his trust in Miss Su's vision, Gong Jingsheng thought that Xu Heng's move had a deep meaning, so he asked for her cooperation on the grounds of investigating the matter of the princess of the rivers and lakes.
Gong Jingsheng said that he would mean the future, but the reaction of the local county order was very suspicious, when the two of them showed their tokens, they were like the previous local officials were respectful and awe-inspiring, and there was a hint of flattery, but after the future intention was stated, this vulgar middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, his expression was suddenly detached, and he looked at himself vigilantly, and the fierce light was revealed, and then he should have realized that something was wrong, and his demeanor changed back to flattery, and he was busy saying the cliché that he must do his best to cooperate.
This subtle change was naturally invisible in the eyes of Gong Jingsheng, who was as careful as a hair, but his demeanor was as usual, and his smile was still the same, as if he hadn't noticed the other party's abnormality at all, and he left to rest with a polite sentence.
The county order is not small, Gong Jingsheng specially picked two adjacent rooms to rest, Xu Heng was already asleep in the room, and Gong Jingsheng couldn't sleep after lying down for a while, leaning on the side of the bed, he picked up the information that Xu Heng had read and read it, but he didn't see anything.
When Gong Jingsheng went to transfer those materials, he found that these materials were chaotic and inorganized, with a hammer in the east and a mallet in the west, which made people scratch their heads.
The information of the princess of the rivers and lakes is easy to understand, and she is the one who needs to be investigated, and she knows that she will not be defeated in a hundred battles; but what is the use of the information on taxes, decrees, and other materials in dozens of local counties and towns in recent years? Moreover, each county is different.
This really made Gongjingsheng work hard, he had brought the information of the princess of the rivers and lakes himself, but the information in various places, things that no one cared about, even if he looked for it in person, it was very troublesome, not to mention that the two of them were not in Xijing. But the God of Wealth had instructed that Xu Heng's request must be met as much as possible, so he made a special trip back and passed Xu Heng's request to a team of people who had arranged to follow him early, and the team of people would pass the news to Xijing City, and then Xijing City would send the information.
The original information was sent to Xu Heng in a very short period of time through the special channels opened up in Xijing City, and Xu Heng really discovered something through this information, and went to Menyang City, which was not in the plan, and slept in the mansion of the local county order.
Xu Heng's behavior was very strange.
This prefectural order also looks a little strange.
Abnormal people, abnormal behavior, and abnormal events make Gongjingsheng feel depressed. He was known for his resourcefulness in the General's Mansion, and he made few mistakes in his advice and strategy, but today he has made other people's actions confusing.
Puzzled, I couldn't sleep anymore, and I wanted to ask Xu Heng for advice when I went out several times, but when I saw that the door was closed, and the snoring was loud, I was embarrassed to disturb people's dreams, so I had to sit and lie restless in the room.
Xu Heng slept for most of the day, and in the evening, the young man in Xuanyi yawned and pushed the door and walked out, just in time to meet Gongjingsheng who walked out of the door again. Xu Heng saw Gong Jingsheng with messy hair, and said in surprise: "Brother Jingsheng has something to do, why is he so haggard?"
"It's not your fault. Gong Jingsheng scolded in his heart quite resentfully, smiled bitterly, and couldn't wait to ask the question that he had been wondering about for a long time, "Uncle, why do we want to come to this Menyang City, forgive the foolish brother for being slow, and I can't figure out what this place has to do with the princess of the rivers and lakes after thinking about it for a long time." ”
"Ah, it's nothing, I heard that the sea bass here is unusually delicious, and my little brother has been fond of it for a long time, and he is going to come over for a meal. ”
Xu Heng was so nonsense that he didn't take sides as soon as he heard the reason, Gong Jingsheng naturally wouldn't believe it, but when he saw Xu Heng reaching out to invite, he knew in his heart that it was not appropriate to say more here. Ben immediately walked out of the county mansion with Xu Heng, chose a restaurant in the city, asked for a single room, the wine and food were all together, and when the first glass of wine clinked glasses, Xu Heng probed and said in a low voice: "The princess of Jianghu will appear in the city lord's mansion tonight!"