The twelve phases left the county government and took advantage of the night to go north, followed by Huang Ying and Chen Chunsheng. At dawn, the Twelve Phases came to a small mountain village fifty miles away from Meizhou, the village was not large, only a dozen families. Xin Liu stopped when he walked in front of him, and said to Jia Chen and Bingwu: "Brothers, after walking for most of the night, we are a little hungry, we might as well go into the village and have a full meal before making plans." Jiachen, Bingwu and others listened and agreed in unison. When the group came to the village, how dare the villagers approach these strangers when they saw that they were wearing prisoner clothes? Some sneaked away, others hid in the house and didn't dare to come out. Xin Liu and the others came to a grass house, and finally opened the door, but there was only one blind mother-in-law in the house.

"Auntie, we are from Meizhou, passing through Guibaodi, I am a little hungry, please enjoy the food." Xin Liu said.

"If you want to eat, you can do it yourself, it's inconvenient for me to be a blind woman." The blind mother-in-law said.

"It doesn't matter, as long as there is rice and vegetables, we will do it ourselves." Xin Liu said.

"My son is not at home, my daughter-in-law died a few years ago, and I am the only blind woman left in the family. The hospitality is not good, please bear with me. The blind mother-in-law said.

"Auntie, you can rest! We know how to cook. Brothers, come, let's do it. Xin Liu said that he came to the rice tank and opened the rice tank to see that there was no rice in it. It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, since there is no rice, how can she cook? "Auntie, there's no rice." Xin Liu said.

"I can't help it if I don't have rice, I haven't eaten for a day, no-my son went into the city to buy rice yesterday." The blind mother-in-law smiled bitterly.

"Then—we'll go look elsewhere, and maybe we'll find a rich family." Xin Liu said.

Everyone had no choice but to leave in a huff. I went to a few houses in a row, and every household had no rice in a rice tank.

"Brother Xin, what should I do?" Bingwu asked.

"I think these people must have seen us in prison clothes, and they hid in advance for fear that we would hurt them. Brothers, people are iron and rice is steel, since you are here, you must find a way to eat a meal. I believe that these people are hiding in the house, and it is better for us to come to the cross, not afraid that they will not come out. Xin Liu said that he came to a room and smashed the table and the bench, scolding and yelling. After a while, a middle-aged man came out from under the bed in the back room, trembling with fright, and his face was as pale as earth.

"Big brother, don't be afraid, we are not bad people, we are the tolerance of the Meizhou Yamen, in order to catch the real murderer, we dressed up like this. After a night's walk, everyone was hungry, so I beg the eldest brother to prepare us something to eat, and we will give you silver. As for these things that are broken, we will compensate according to the price. Xin Liu said with a smile on his face.

When the middle-aged man heard this, his heart was a little relieved, and he asked, "Are you really Meizhou tolerance?" ”

"Yes. My name is Xin Liu, and I am the chief catcher, and these people are my partners. Xin Liu explained.

When the man heard this, he shouted to the house: "Old woman, come out quickly and prepare something to eat for the guests." As soon as the words fell, I saw a lady about forty years old walk out timidly, she looked at Xin Liu and the others, and went down to the kitchen without saying a word.

"Big brother, have any strangers been here in the past few times?" Xin Liu asked.

The middle-aged man thought for a while and said: "A few days ago, two people came, a middle-aged man, born white and tender, graceful and suave; The other was bearded, looked to be in his seventies, tall and thin, and had very bright eyes. They also seem to have come from Meizhou, and they had breakfast here and headed north. ”

Xin Liu listened and asked, "Big brother, they haven't talked about any masked people?" ”

"No, but the two of them look like father and son, and they talk very closely. Especially the white and tender man, he had great respect for the old man. The middle-aged man said.

"Could it be the Qinglong Swordsman and Bai Canghai? The Qinglong swordsman disappeared suddenly, Bai Canghai was rescued from under the nose of the masked man, this masked man has strong martial arts, who else will there be besides the Qinglong swordsman? Why did the Qinglong Swordsman save Bai Canghai? Could it be that he is the masked man who calls the shots? However, the voice of the Qinglong swordsman was completely different from that of the masked man, and there should be a big difference in age. Could it be that the Qinglong swordsman had another attempt to save Bai Canghai? Xin Liu felt quite strange, he didn't want to say it clearly, he just wanted to see the masked man as soon as possible and reveal his true face of Lushan.

After breakfast, Xin Liu walked north with the twelve phases, and in order to make it easier to walk, the twelve phases changed their outfits. The group walked for a few days and finally came to the Bagua Gate. Several Bagua Sect disciples saw Xin Liu and the others and stopped them from entering. Xin Liu smiled and asked, "May I ask brother, is your head still in the door?" We are his friends and are looking for him in a hurry. ”

Those people looked at Xin Liu and the others carefully, a little uneasy, and asked tentatively, "Who are you?" What's the matter with finding the doorman? ”

"We escaped from Meizhou, and we have nowhere to run, so we have come to Bagua Gate to find shelter, and ask my brother to report to the owner." Xin Liu said.

"That being the case, wait a moment." One of the Bagua Sect disciples said that he would go inside. After about a cup of tea, I saw a middle-aged man about forty years old walking out with a few people. Xin Liu looked at the man, it was not Bai Canghai, but a market gangster who didn't learn or know.

"I'm the acting head of the Bagua Gate, who are you? Why are you looking for me? The man asked.

"Are you in charge? Where is the previous head? Xin Liu asked.

"Are you asking the Flying Tiger or the White Master?" The man asked.

"Of course it's the white master, he's my brother." Xin Liu said.

"You guys are a step late, the head of Bai went to the capital, he said that he would not be back until a while, and he asked me to temporarily act as the head of the house." The man said.

"Excuse me, brother, did Master Bai go to the capital alone or with others?" Xin Liu then asked.

"He went on the road with an old-timer, that person was his master, I don't know what his name was." Said the acting head.

"An old man and go to the capital together? Could it be that they wanted to see the Supreme Commander. If so, it is possible that the person who saved him had a relationship with him. If it is a Qinglong swordsman, the truth of the Meizhou blood case will soon be revealed. If it was really his master, then things would not be so simple. We should help the county magistrate find out the real culprit as soon as possible and atone for his crimes. Since they went to the capital, we had to sneak into the capital to investigate and covertly visit. Xin Liu thought of this and made up his mind.

"Brothers, let's go to the capital to join in the fun, maybe we can meet the masked man." Xin Liu said.

"Head catcher, the capital is so big, where can we find them? What if I can't find them? We don't have enough silver taels on us, so are we begging in the streets? Jia Chen felt very uneasy.

"Regardless of the outcome, we have to give it a try, and there may be a windfall." Xin Liu said decisively.

Everyone had no choice but to agree to go together.

Besides, Bai Canghai was rescued by the masked man, and the masked man was none other than the Qinglong Swordsman. The Qinglong swordsman is good at the art of disguise, and he disguises himself as Xiao Zhenbei, the master of Bai Canghai. Bai Canghai saw that Master 2 personally went out to save his life, and was grateful, and took him back to Bagua Gate with him to give him warm hospitality. The Qinglong swordsman knew Xiao Zhenbei's situation well, and during the banquet, Bai Canghai asked this and that, and the Qinglong swordsman answered fluently. Bai Canghai completely lost his guard, and he told him about his situation.

"Apprentice, you are a good and decent Jianghu person, why do you want to be a court eagle dog?" The Blue Dragon Swordsman asked puzzled.

"Actually, I don't want to do this, but the official of the court is my savior, three years ago, I learned to go down the mountain and met a group of thieves, they were outnumbered, and beat me half to death, it was a passing adult who rescued me, and took me in, for me to recuperate. The officer was very important to me, and always sent me to do any good errands, and if I had successfully completed the task, he would give me some gold, silver, and jewelry. Bai Canghai said proudly.

"So you said that the case of the theft of Meizhou's official silver was committed by you? You know how big a deal this is, and if you find out the truth, you're going to be ruined. Why are you so confused? A manly man should do something and not do something, and you will do it for him like this kind of head-wrenching thing? The Blue Dragon Swordsman said pretending to be concerned.

"No way, the adult is as kind to me as a mountain, for his great cause, I will not hesitate to go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire." Bai Canghai said.

"It seems that this senior official is quite powerful, and he must not be an ordinary person." The Qinglong swordsman said with a casual look.

"Of course Luo, one person is below ten thousand people, and even the emperor has to be afraid of three points when he sees him." Bai Canghai said unabashedly.

"Who is this big official? Can you take me to meet him? I wanted to talk to him in person. The Blue Dragon Swordsman said

"Well—" Bai Canghai was a little embarrassed.

"Since you don't want to, forget it. Actually, I don't want to deal with the government. Apprentice, you and I have been separated from now on, goodbye. The Blue Dragon Swordsman said to stand up and leave.

"Master, please stay, the apprentice promised to take you to meet your lordship. It's just that we adults have strange tempers, and we must be measured when we talk there. Bai Canghai had no choice but to agree.

"In that case, I'd better not go, you go." The Qinglong swordsman advances by retreating.

Bai Canghai finally believed that the Qinglong Swordsman had no other purpose, and he pulled the Qinglong Swordsman and said with a smile: "Master, I'm sorry, the apprentice spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain." If you go with me, you will be glad to see you. ”

"Alright! Whoever calls you my apprentice, then I will accompany you on a trip. The Blue Dragon Swordsman agreed. The master and apprentice rode fast horses and hurried to the capital.

Xin Liu and the others came to the Bagua Gate, and Bai Canghai and the Qinglong Swordsman had already left for most of the day.

"Brothers, the two of them rode fast horses to the capital, and we can't go there on foot. Not far from here is Qingzhou, so we will go to Qingzhou Yamen to borrow a few fast horses. Xin Liu said.

"But—if we go to the Qingzhou Yamen to borrow a horse, will the prefect agree?" Bingwu wondered.

"Don't worry! Before leaving, Lord Xu handed us a letter with the autograph of Lord Qincha and the seal of the Emperor, and the prefect did not dare to disobey it. Xin Liu said.

The brothers came to the Qingzhou Yamen in a hurry, walked in without being informed, saw the prefect, everyone paid a big salute, Xin Liu presented the letter to the prefect, the prefect read it, how dare he slack off? immediately set up a banquet and instructed the master to prepare a fast horse. Due to the urgency of time, the twelve phases hastily ate a meal, and rode on a fast horse to the capital at a gallop.