Chapter 246

The architectural style of the south of the Yangtze River is very different from that of the north, not so atmospheric, open and decent, but the white walls of Daiwa are exquisitely charming, especially when the smoke and rain are misty, and the poetry and painting are reflected to the extreme. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The morning light is faint, and the city gate is half-hidden in the fog, which is very similar to the scenery that Cui Ning has seen in the mountains all day.

Dao Yan also sighed lightly.

Since Wei Qian said that she would bring Cui Ning to Shimen to find clues, she secretly looked forward to this day every day, but the closer she got, the more scared she became. The master was like yesterday, and she was afraid to see the depressed and dilapidated Taoist temples and the corpses that no one gathered all over the ground.

The group traveled day and night, arriving three or four days earlier than expected, and after they entered the city, they did not go straight to the official office, but found an inn that was not eye-catching.

After the other inspectors who accompanied them went to the county seat under their jurisdiction, Wei Qian and Cui Ning quietly went to the Taoist temple under the leadership of Dao Yan.

On the way up the mountain, Dao Yancai said in detail what happened back then.

On the night of the slaughter of the Taoist temple, the master left a letter and quietly left, saying that someone had something to do with him and left, and he was going to return uncertainly, and asked their brothers not to look for him, and they would go down the mountain tomorrow to make a living, and not to stay in the temple to waste the years. also told Daoming to take Ah Ning to the south, raise her carefully, and then find a good family for her.

Dao Yan was the first to see the letter.

The master took out his treasured pot and brewed the tea he was most reluctant to drink on weekdays, and I had some bad premonitions in my heart. Dao Yan took a deep breath and continued, "I checked that the teapot was still hot, and knew that he hadn't gone far yet, so I stuffed the letter to Dao Ming and hurried to chase it. ”

"There are countless roads to the mountains, but there is only one way down the mountain, the master's eyes are not very good, and the sky is already dark, I thought that he would not go to the small forest, so I chased along the road. ”

Dao Yan chased down the mountain and saw a carriage driving away, even if they were a Taoist temple, it was difficult to have one or two guests even during the day, and it was even stranger after nightfall, Dao Yan was sure that the carriage must be related to the master, so he did not hesitate to catch up.

"I chased the wagon for twenty or thirty miles, and at last stopped them near a post station. There were more than a dozen people on the other side, all of whom seemed to be practitioners, and the master scolded me in the car and told me to go back immediately. He didn't pay attention all day long, as if he had no temper, how could he ever speak so violently?"

Dao Yan felt more and more that he couldn't just let them go.

In the entire Taoist temple, the best martial arts is Dao Yan, if he fights with his life and fights with more than ten masters on his own, although he may not necessarily win, but it is still okay to leave the lives of most of them.

It's just that Dao Yan heard the impatience in the master's words, so he didn't make a move, but waited for them to leave, and quietly followed the traces along the road.

However, after entering Jiangning, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no trace.

Dao Yan still did not make any progress in Jiangning for a few days, and after thinking about it, he only felt that one person was short, so he decided to go back to the Taoist temple to discuss with his junior disciples first.

"But when I get back......" Dao Yan's voice suddenly choked.

He rubbed his sore eyes, and after a while, he said, "The Taoist temple was burned, and the junior disciples were gone, I went down the mountain to inquire, and I found out that in the second half of the night when I left, the Taoist temple was slaughtered by gangsters, and the fire was raging at night. ”

Everyone in the Taoist temple practices martial arts, but most of them are half-hangers, except for Dao Yan, who has superb martial arts, it is also acceptable, encountering a large number of masters at night, he can retreat alone, but he can never protect others.

Dao Yan felt extremely uncomfortable, remembering the situation that day when the master ordered him to return to the Taoist temple, and scolded himself for being stupid countless times. If I had listened to the master's words and returned to the temple immediately, the result would have been much better than it is now!

Cui Ning has already cried into tears, her ears are buzzing, her mind is full of paste, and only the picture of the river of blood is clear.

"What is the identity of the Venerable Master?" Wei Qian asked.

Dao Yan said, "The identity of the master is only known to me and Daoming. He was a military general when Taizong, Taizong had a strategic and very warlike daughter, she commanded six departments, including two very powerful women's army, three regular armies, and a mysterious army to assist in combat. ”

"The number of this army is not more than a hundred, but all of them are masters of the green forest, all of them have the strength of one enemy and one hundred, after various cooperation training, this army is invincible, and there is no defeat everywhere it goes. And my master is a member of this army. ”

Later, the princess died, and the three regular armies she commanded were merged into the other armies, and the women's army was disbanded, each with its own small life, and the mysterious army where the master was located was nowhere to be found. I've been wondering if anyone is fighting this army for the past few years, but the master is over 100 years old, and the others should be very old. Besides, if anyone wants to invite them out of the mountain, they shouldn't be full of people!"

Wei Qian remembered the prestige of this army, and had also heard some legends that he didn't know whether they were true or false, "It is rumored that when Princess Pingyang recruited martial arts masters to establish this army, she promised those people, as long as it was the place where they fell, they would give them half a day to take away the gold, silver and jewelry, and they would take as much as they could, and no one would stop them." These people conquered many places on their own, and if the rumors were true, their wealth would be immeasurable. ”

Cui Ning didn't listen to it, but he understood the last sentence very clearly, and immediately said, "No, master, he can pick it, when we can't open the pot in the view, he is also hungry, lying on the couch and humming." ”

"Xiao A-Ning, there is no need to say this!" Dao Yan felt extremely embarrassed, a group of young and middle-aged apprentices actually made their master hungry like this, it was really embarrassing to say it, but in fact, it was the master who was too mouthful, and it was particularly difficult to feed.

Cui Ning sneered, "Anyway, I don't believe that the master is rich." ”

"According to what the senior brother said, the respected master should not have expected what happened to the master. Wei Qian carefully analyzed the letter he left, if he knew that the matter was critical, he would not have left only one letter, and asked the apprentices to go down the mountain the next day to find another way to make a living, "I guess that he knows that he has something in his hands that some people want, and thinks that he has left with those people, and the master is still safe, but he doesn't know that the other party is so frustrated." ”

Cui Ningxi said, "Fifth brother, are you saying that it should be possible for the master to live? Those people didn't find what they wanted in the master's gate, so they had to ask the master! If the master doesn't say anything, his life won't be in danger for a day, right?"

Yes, that's true, but ......

Wei Qian couldn't bear to hit her, so he had to say, "It's possible." ”

It has been five or six years since the Taoist Temple was destroyed, and it was cleaned up by the people of the Yamen at that time, I am afraid that there are no more clues, Wei Qian brought Cui Ning here, mainly to fulfill one of her wishes.

Five years ago, Wei Qian was not in charge of the inspection envoy here, but he had privately looked for the file of this case, but found that there was no record in the Supervision Department at all.

There are two possibilities: one is that the file was taken away by the criminal department before the inspection of the Supervision Department arrived, and the other is that the official office did not file a case at all.

Such a big tragedy cannot be hidden, and it is impossible for the magistrate to have such courage, it should be the criminal department who took the case away and secretly verified it.