On the official road leading to Yanbei, two fast horses galloped. The warm summer breeze blew the plackets of the two of them on the horse, looking like two birds with wings spreading. The two men sitting right away, looking anxious, kept beating their horses without squinting. Seeing that the blue city wall of Yanbei City was in sight, the man in front breathed a sigh of relief and stroked the horse's neck: "Work harder, it's almost here." As he spoke, his face moved, and sweat flowed down his cheeks into his mouth, salty and astringent.

The horse seemed to know his intentions, and although he was not strong enough, he ran with all his might. Seeing that the city gate was in sight, a young man wearing cyan arrow sleeves behind him gathered the reins: "Fifth master, it can be regarded as arriving in front of the gate of the city." ”

Xia Wuye, who was walking in front, said with a solemn face: "The prince only gave two days, I hope that some clues can be found today and tomorrow." ”

The two of them slowly followed the flow of people into the city gate, and when they saw that the entry and exit checks were quite strict, they nodded and nodded: "Finally, the command of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division is quite dedicated." How did he know that as soon as his brother heard that Xiaoyu was gone, he immediately ran to the commander, using both soft and hard measures, to follow the meaning of the starling: "What kind of city gate are you still in and out of? The city is full of bad people, so quickly close the city gate." ”

The commander of the Terracotta Division was originally a fiery temper, but he was quite familiar with Xia Jiuye, and he was a fan of An Ge's books, so he sent people to the city gates on the spot to send orders and strengthen the investigation.

The fifth brother first sent Liao Kang home to deliver the letter, and he went to see the prince. When the prince saw that he was in the dust, because he often patrolled the countryside, his originally fair face was slightly sunburned, and his people were reduced a lot. The prince also knew that he was concerned about all the things at home, and gave him a waist card to go out of the city at night, and let him go home.

As soon as Xia Wuye entered the city, Mochiyue Mountain sent someone to deliver the news to the second master, and Lao Kuai couldn't help but say: "If you want me to say, it's better to hide it from the second brother." How anxious it has been along the way. ”

Chen Peng tugged at the corners of his mouth: "That girl of his, he is very distressed, this is too late." It's just that with the fifth master in charge, he still has a little bottom in his heart, and he won't mess around. We have never brought so many horses, and among those brothers, just him, Fang Zhun and Liu Kuaidao can ride horses, if he leaves them alone, those horses will be messed up. From now on, I sent someone out one day to deliver news to my second brother, but I couldn't find a light rain and couldn't stop. ”

Xia Wuye walked quickly to his door, and as soon as he knocked on the door, Da Jiang had already opened the small door, and the eighth master looked at the fifth master with tears in his eyes: "Fifth brother, you are back." ”

Seeing his younger brother like this, Xia Wuye couldn't help frowning slightly, and said with the dislike in his heart: "You did a good job, I saw that the city gate was very strict in and out, is there any news?"

Seeing his brother's calm face, the eighth master also knew that he didn't look very good, so he hurriedly wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, and said in a hoarse voice: "It's a kidnapping ticket, those gangsters have already sent a letter." ”

The fifth master paused: "Where do you believe it?"

The eighth master hurriedly took out a white cloth from his sleeve, and the fifth master's face changed when he saw the piece of cloth. This is the three shuttle cloth in the south, and the Xia family uses this to make clothes. It's just that this kind of cloth is not sold on the market in Beihan. The fifth master stared at the cloth for a long time before he settled down and took it carefully.

The eighth master seemed to be moved away from his heart, and he breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly: "Fifth brother, what should we do next? I haven't even raised half of the money, so I can only rob it." ”

Xia Wuye was holding this palm-sized piece of cloth and was engrossed, Liao Kang pulled him, and he followed everyone forward. When they arrived at the study in the front yard, Xue Yu, Xu Liangqi and Old Man Shi all came out. Xia Wuye was carrying the two horns of the cloth with his left and right fingers, and looked at it for a while before he walked quickly past everyone, walked into the study and shouted: "Da Yongzi, Da Yongzi." ”

Da Yongzi was originally sitting in the front yard, but quickly stood up and ran in. Xia Wuye hurriedly poured water into the inkstone, and Da Jiang hurriedly walked over: "Fifth Master, I'll come." "He was originally a little boy, a scholar, and he was familiar with the ink research. The fifth master frowned and glanced at him, and the eighth master hurriedly said: "This is the family that the princess gave to Xiaoyu." ”

The fifth master nodded and said, "You go down first, wait in the courtyard, and don't let anyone else in." ”

Da Jiang hurriedly whispered yes and retreated.

The fifth master only remembered at this time, and glanced at everyone again, and saw the gray-haired old man Shi couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't go to listen to the book that day, and he didn't recognize it, so he asked, "Who is this?"

The eighth master hurriedly said: "This is the Shi Shibo that my mother mentioned before." When he said this, he couldn't help but choke up again: "Jiu'er has been looking forward to him for many days..."

Xia Wuye was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Little nephew to meet Shibo." ”

Xue Yu hadn't heard of Mr. Shi's name, so he didn't think so, but Xu Liangqi hurriedly got up and saluted: "But the old man Shi of Yiyang?"

Mr. Shi couldn't help but glance at him more, and the fifth master said on the side: "This is the son of the Yonggu Xu family, and his uncle is the mountain chief of Baicao Academy. ”

Mr. Shi nodded and smiled: "It turns out that he is also a nephew, and his future life is terrifying." Only then did he turn his head and ask, "Fifth Master, but what have you discovered?" You might as well say it, and everyone will help you refer to it in detail. ”

Xu Liangqi looked at Old Man Shi in awe, and nodded in agreement: "What the old man said is extremely true. ”

The fifth master showed a smile on his face, and said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid that the eighth brother has been deceived, this is not a kidnapping!"

As soon as the eighth master heard this, his legs were weak and he almost didn't sit on the ground, so Xue Yu pulled him on the side. Helping him in his seat, he was still out of breath, as if he had suddenly woken up, shook Xue Yu's hand, and rushed out: "I killed them bastards." ”

Liao Kang, who was standing outside, rushed over with a brisk step and hugged the eighth master: "Eighth master, after listening to the fifth master, my brother will accompany you then." ”

The eighth master ignored it, still panting and struggling for a few moments. Liao Kang was born in the rivers and lakes, and he had to be dragged back by Liao Kang as a scholar.

The fifth master frowned, looked at his younger brother coldly, sighed and sat on the chair and said, "Nine times out of ten, it's not for money?"

Old Man Shi twisted his beard thoughtfully: "I don't know why the nephew asserted that the thief is not seeking money." ”

The fifth master smiled bitterly: "Our family has no money. Just ask a little and you'll know. Don't say five thousand taels of silver. Our family doesn't even have five hundred taels. ”

Xu Liangqi couldn't help but ask: "The restaurant has always been doing well, and I see that there are many customers every day." ”

Rushan said: "My little aunt said, this is to see the excitement." In fact, the various expenses have just leveled off. Besides, this restaurant has not been open for a long time, I used to hear the third uncle say that the restaurant did not make much money in the first year, just to make money. When the crops in this field are not yet harvested, they are sold together with the crops for only a hundred taels of silver, and if people know that we have urgent needs, and then press down the price, then they will not get a few dollars. Xu Gongzi didn't think about it, as long as he paid a little attention to it, he would know about it. ”

The eighth master said: "Could it be that you came to this horse farm?"

Da Yongzi sneered: "There are some horses in the horse farm at the moment, but they are all worthless foals. Let's talk about the horse farm, our horse farm in Mochizuki Mountain occupies a large place. It's just that the horse farm is worth no money and it's not on it, the key is whether there are good horses? Is there a good horse stable? Nothing else matters, we are on the mountain now, first, there are no good horses that have grown up, and second, the stables are their own brothers, and they will not follow, what is the use of buying this horse farm. If you want to say that there is a business competition in the neighborhood? We people who go to the rivers and lakes cannot use this means. Just like the starling said, who doesn't have a female dependent, this thing is broken. In the future, everyone will be staring at other people's backyards, and that will be a mess of etiquette, and they won't do it. ”

The fifth master said: "Exactly, these properties in the family have been sold, and they are only six or seven hundred taels." Eighth, how much did you borrow. ”

The eighth master counted with his fingers in his heart: "Brother Xue gave five hundred, Shizi gave five hundred, Brother Xu gave two hundred, and Brother Sun gave one hundred." The princess gave a thousand today. Then he sighed and replied, "Only two or three thousand." ”

The fifth master said: "This villain wants to say: 1,000, 2,000 is very reliable." A mouth costs five thousand. The fifth master shook his head, pushed the pen and paper to Da Yongzi and said, "I almost forgot, you are familiar with Yanbei, the eighth child, you come and talk about it, Da Yongzi will draw it for me." ”

As he spoke, he spread the cloth on the table and took a closer look, the handwriting on the cloth was written with burnt pine branches, and there was a faint smell of pine. The handwriting is crooked and barely legible. There was a red thumb print on the right side of it, thinking that the thieves were afraid that they would not believe that Xiaoyu was on their hands, so she pressed a handprint with rouge.

Da Yongzi painted Yanbei City, marked the location of the Xia family and the Chenghuang Temple in the north of the city, and after thinking about it, he added the sedan chair line and the Zhang family. The fifth master hurriedly said: "Wait a minute, how many more City God Temples are there outside the city?"

Da Yongzi replied: "In addition to the north of the city, there is also one in the south of the city, but there are people coming and going, it is very lively, and it is impossible to hide it." ”

The fifth master asked: "What about the deserted little temple, is there one outside the city?"

Da Yongzi thought for a while: "That's a lot." In recent years, there have been more people near Yanbei, and many new land temples have been built. and the old ones were deserted. ”

The fifth master thought for a while and asked, "Southwest, southwest." ”

Da Yongzi pondered for a while: "That's a little far, you have to walk for an hour out of the city, there is a pine forest. The temple was on the other side of the village, and after Yanbei City was built, the people in the village entered Yanbei City when they had anything, so they built a new one on the way to the city. There weren't many people over there, and it was deserted by now. ”

The fifth master turned his head to look at everyone and said, "While the city gate has not been closed at this time, we will leave immediately." Brother Xue and I have a token to enter and exit the city, so we are divided into two teams, Liao Kang, do you know the land temple that Da Yongzi said?"

Liao Kang nodded. The fifth master said: "When I come back, I'm afraid that it will be dark, and Old Man Shi is not as good as Brother Xu and Rushan waiting for news here." ”

Mr. Shi nodded. R1152