Yizhou City was originally a state-level city, and later after the land of Yizhou was given to Fang Zongao, it naturally became the royal city of Yizhou State, and after decades of development, the population has now reached one million, and the name of wealth and prosperity has spread all over the land.

Compared with Lucheng County, Yizhou City is more magnificent, the tall city wall seems to be connected to the sky, and it is originally located in the traffic artery, there are official roads in all directions, and the four major city gates in the southeast and north are full of traffic, and there is a steady stream of people pouring in.

Because it was the county guard of Lucheng County who led the team, there was no need to check at all to enter the city, and after entering the city, the group went straight to the Hulin Annex.

The Hulin Annex is built on the shore of the lake in the city, the scenery is very pleasant, it is specially prepared for horse racing matters, although it is the same as the inn, but the reception staff are related to horse racing personnel from the county, and there is a special trainer in the annex to inspect and condition the participating horses.

However, the Jockey Club's annex was only for merchants, while the county warden and officials lived in a separate official-level annex.

After resting in the room of the Hulin Annex, Fang Ling took Song Ying'er to leave the annex on the pretext of shopping, and soon came to a small street in the west of the city, walked halfway down the small street and then got into a deep alley, and then knocked on the door of a house.

In order to ensure the safe delivery of information, the intelligence contact between Fang Ling and Meng Zhiyuan was transmitted by the guards on horseback, although the speed was not fast, but it was very safe, after all, the land of the Yizhou Wangcheng, its guards were no worse than the imperial city, not only with a large number of patrol soldiers, but also with the guards in the palace, if you use codes, flying pigeons and other things, once discovered, the consequences are unimaginable.

This house was rented by Meng Zhiyuan, not only is the place remote, but the landlord is also an old "woman", and a lot of goods were put in on the day he moved in. So in the eyes of outsiders, they are just merchants who use this place as a warehouse, and there is no doubt at all.

After Fang Ling entered the house, Meng Zhiyuan and the others all came over to salute, everyone gathered in the small hall, and after they were seated, Fang Ling asked, "Have you inquired about the location where my grandfather may be imprisoned?"

Lu Beizheng said: "Back to Your Highness, this Yizhou City is heavily guarded, the number of defenders alone exceeds 10,000, and there are thousands of people patrolling the city every day, and it is not easy to listen to information, so we don't get much information." However, we still reconnoitred various parts of the city and found that the most likely place to imprison Rong Guogong was the royal palace. ”

Fang Ling bowed slightly: "Actually, I think it should be in the palace, and it is impossible for the king of Yizhou to put them outside the palace." Have you ever scouted this Yizhou Palace?"

Lu Bei shook his head and said: "The guards of the palace are not strict, and anyone who enters must go through a strict check, so we haven't had a chance to go in, but I heard that Yizhou was given a fief back then, and after the king of Yizhou arrived here, he climbed the city wall and looked high, and surrounded a mountain in the city, so as to build the palace today." ”

Song Ying'er said on the side: "Brother Lu, when His Highness and I looked out of the city, we saw that there was a big mountain in the city? Could it be that the mountain is the mountain where the palace is located?"

Lu Bei replied: "Exactly, this mountain is called Sanquan Mountain, which was originally a leisure place in Yizhou City, because there are three mountain springs on the mountain, and then the royal palace was built along the Sanquan Mountain, and a large number of buildings were built on the mountain. ”

Fang Ling said lightly: "It seems that this King of Yizhou still knows how to enjoy it, by the way, what news can you find out about his staff?"

Lu Bei said: "Since the king of Yizhou came to the fiefdom, he soon began to recruit wise men, and there were talents gathered from all sides, so he also specially announced the establishment of an institution called the 'Staff Department', which is dedicated to the management of these staff, according to the information we have received, the staff department now has as many as a thousand people. ”

"Oh, thousands of people?" Fang Ling frowned slightly and said, "It seems that the King of Yizhou does have some skills in recruiting talents, and it is not easy to keep so many people around." ”

Lu Bei said with a smile: "In fact, there are quite a few people in these staff who are dissatisfied, because the king of Yizhou is quite strong, as long as he makes up his mind, he will never accept the proposals of others, so he especially likes the staff members who follow orders without asking the reason, which leads to some staff members who like to put forward opinions are depressed." However, the treatment of the staff department is very good, even if it is an ordinary staff, there are ten taels of silver per month alone, and the status of the staff is very high, even if the senior members of the country see it, they have to give three points, so although some staff members are dissatisfied, they are still willing to stay here and give advice. ”

Fang Ling nodded when he heard this, "What about the adult surnamed Zheng I mentioned last time?"

Lu Bei replied: "This person's name is Zheng Lan, he is the deputy commander of the palace guards, and I heard that he is still related to the concubine of the king of Yizhou, so he is quite trusted by the king of Yizhou." However, this person is quite cautious, and it may not be easy to get in touch with him. ”

Fang Ling closed his eyes, and his mind quickly pondered, judging from the situation obtained from Lubei's investigation and recent conversation with Jiang Wenshan, although the King of Yizhou was stubborn, his own ability was not Chen, and there were only a very few people who could be trusted by this kind of person. Moreover, even if they are trusted, they may not necessarily know the whereabouts of their grandfather and others, these three springs mountain covers a huge area, and there are too many places to hide people, if you don't find a breakthrough quickly, when the horse race is over, things will become more complicated.

At this moment, Lu Bei suddenly said: "Your Highness, when I was inquiring about the news in the city, I heard a very interesting thing. ”

"What's interesting?" Fang Ling opened his eyes and asked, he knew very well that Lu Bei's "sexual" personality seemed to be rough, but in fact he was quite careful, and the interesting things he said were definitely not ordinary people's jokes.

Lu Bei said: "I heard that a few years ago, the king of Yizhou invited an immortal and enshrined him on the prayer tower on Sanquan Mountain. ”

"Immortal?" Fang Ling's heart moved suddenly, remembering the matter of the tiger head waist card, could it be that this immortal is the master of the three men in black? In this way, the clue will be connected, but that immortal is probably not a good thing, and he actually refined an evil magic weapon like the soul sucking gourd.

Song Ying'er said in surprise on the side: "Isn't this like inviting the Heavenly Master of Zhenguo?"

Lu Bei nodded and said: "Miss Song is right, this is really like the Zhenguo Heavenly Master, however, the vassal states are not allowed to set up the Zhenguo Heavenly Master, so this immortal has no official position, but I heard that he has accepted a lot of disciples and taught his immortal magic and magic, even the King of Yizhou is respectful to him, like a god, so his disciples can freely enter and leave the palace, and his status is higher than that of a first-class master." ”

Fang Ling's eyes moved, and he thought about it, even if he racked his brains to gain the trust of King Yizhou, but this person was quite deep in the city, if he didn't have long-term assistance, it was unlikely that he would get such confidential information, and he was afraid that moving around the palace would also be quite restricted.

However, if he could gain the trust of this immortal and become his disciple, wouldn't he have a special identity, wouldn't it be easy to find out his situation in the palace? Moreover, he also wanted to see what the hell this immortal was doing.

Of course, he naturally wouldn't believe how high this immortal's cultivation was, he must have only reached the Qi Realm, otherwise, it was unlikely that he would only be able to practice such a crude primary magic weapon.

He then opened his mouth and asked, "Who are the disciples of the immortals?"

Lu Bei thought for a while and said: "There are sons of the ministers of the DPRK and China, and they are also expected to be the children of the clan, in short, there is quite a lot of power behind each of them." ”

Fang Ling nodded, and asked if there was any other news, Lu Bei thought about it, and suddenly patted his head and said: "I almost forgot about important things, Your Highness, a green lantern was hung at the west gate of the palace last night." ”

"Green lantern?" Fang Ling immediately looked towards Song Ying'er.

The green lantern is one of the ways for people in Tsing Yi Fang to transmit information, and the hanging green lantern can transmit a variety of different information according to the lantern style, pattern, etc., which is very complicated, but once this kind of green light appears, it means that the user must be a person who has a relationship with Tsing Yi Fang.

Song Ying'er hurriedly asked, "Did you see it with your own eyes?"

Lu Bei nodded heavily and said: "It was the minister's own eyes to see it, that green lantern hung outside the palace, like a ghostly fire, and the red lantern is very obvious in comparison, and Miss Song has talked about the method of distinguishing the information of the green lantern before, after I analyzed the green lantern, I interpreted a sentence, tomorrow morning, Ming'an Guan." ”

Song Ying'er thought for a while and said: "The green lantern generally transmits the connector code, that is to say, tomorrow morning, someone in the palace will go to Ming'an Temple, connect with people outside the palace, and transmit the information." ”

Fang Ling asked, "Ying'er, do you know who the people in this palace are?"

Song Ying'er shook her head slightly and said: "Once the sisters are bought, they will be secretly sent away, and no one knows where the other party went and who bought her is." However, the concubine must go to Ming'an Temple tomorrow. ”

Fang Ling nodded and said, "I'll accompany you tomorrow, but I just didn't expect that there was a woman from Tsing Yi Fang in Yizhou Wangcheng, but I don't know what kind of identity this woman is in the palace and who arranged for it." ”

Song Ying'er said: "As long as you rescue her, these mysteries will be solved." ”

Fang Ling nodded, although he was a little worried in his heart, but he didn't say it. Of course, he also sympathized with the dancing girl of Tsing Yi Fang, who was sold like a commodity, and was used as a tool for spying on intelligence, and had to take poison to listen to the other party's orders for life.